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+#!/opt/local/bin/python
+
+#
+# See ../README.md
+#
+
+#
+# Run as python ch-2.py < input-file
+#
+
+import fileinput
+
+#
+# Working from the end of the required string backwards, we alternate
+# placing a hash, and placing a number. We place them in an array @out,
+# and at the end, print out said array in reverse order.
+#
+for index in fileinput . input ():
+ index = int (index)
+ out = []
+ hash = 0
+ while index > 0:
+ hash = not hash
+ if hash:
+ out . append ("#")
+ index = index - 1
+ else:
+ out . append (str (index + 1))
+ index = index - len (str (index + 1))
+ out . reverse ()
+ print ("" . join (out))