Merge pull request #10637 from simongreen-net/master

sgreen solutions to challenge 282

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+
+
+def key_changes(s: str) -> int:
+    # Convert the string to lower case
+    s = s.lower()
+
+    # Start with the first letter
+    current_key = s[0]
+
+    # Count the number of times we change keys
+    changes = 0
+
+    for letter in s:
+        if letter != current_key:
+            # We need to change key
+            current_key = letter
+            changes += 1
+
+    return changes
+
+
+def main():
+    # Convert input into integers
+    result = key_changes(sys.argv[1])
+    print(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()