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diff --git a/challenge-255/steven-wilson/python/ch-01.py b/challenge-255/steven-wilson/python/ch-01.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from collections import Counter
+
+
+def odd_character(original, shuffled):
+    ''' Given two strings, the second string generated using the shuffled
+    characters of the first string with an additional character.  Function
+    returns the additional character.
+    >>> odd_character("Perl", "Preel")
+    'e'
+    >>> odd_character("Weekly", "Weeakly")
+    'a'
+    >>> odd_character("Box", "Boxy")
+    'y'
+    '''
+    if not original or not shuffled:
+        raise ValueError("Both strings must be non-empty.")
+
+    original_counter = Counter(x.casefold() for x in original)
+    shuffled_counter = Counter(x.casefold() for x in shuffled)
+
+    difference_counter = shuffled_counter - original_counter
+
+    if not difference_counter or sum(difference_counter.values()) > 1:
+        raise ValueError("No unique additional character found.")
+
+    return next(difference_counter.elements())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/challenge-255/steven-wilson/python/ch-02.py b/challenge-255/steven-wilson/python/ch-02.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from collections import Counter
+import string
+
+
+def most_frequent_word(paragraph, banned):
+    '''Given a paragraph and a banned word. Return the most frequent word that
+    is not banned
+    >>> most_frequent_word(
+    ...     "Joe hit a ball, the hit ball flew far after it was hit.", "hit")
+    'ball'
+    >>> most_frequent_word(
+    ...     "Perl and Raku belong to the same family. "
+    ...     "Perl is the most popular language in the weekly challenge.", "the")
+    'Perl'
+    '''
+    if not paragraph or not banned:
+        raise ValueError("Both strings must be non-empty.")
+
+    paragraph_no_punctuation = paragraph.translate(
+        str.maketrans("", "", string.punctuation))
+    paragraph_counter = Counter(paragraph_no_punctuation.split())
+
+    if banned in paragraph_counter:
+        del paragraph_counter[banned]
+
+    if not paragraph_counter:
+        raise ValueError("No words found in the paragraph after removing punctuation and banned word.")
+
+    return paragraph_counter.most_common()[0][0]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()