2 files changed, 29 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-1.python b/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-1.python
index a0533551d8..d5e0960574 100644
--- a/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-1.python
+++ b/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-1.python
@@ -1,24 +1,36 @@
 #!python
 
 #
-# Perl Weekly Challenge 254
+# Perl Weekly Challenge 255
 # Task 1
 #
 # See <https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-254>
 #
 
 import sys
-import math
 
 # task implementation
 # the return value will be printed
 def task_1( args ):
-    num = int( args[ 0 ] )
-    for i in range( 2, int( math.sqrt( num ) ) ):
-        if ( i ** 3 ) == num:
-            return True
+    origin = args[ 0 ]
+    shuffled = args[ 1 ]
+    if len( shuffled ) != len( origin ) + 1:
+        return "Shuffled string must be one character longer than original string"
 
-    return False
+    classification = {}
+
+    for needle in shuffled:
+        if not needle in classification:
+            classification[ needle ] = 0
+
+        classification[ needle ] += 1
+
+    for needle in origin:
+        classification[ needle ] -= 1
+        if classification[ needle ] <= 0:
+            del classification[ needle ]
+
+    return list( classification.keys() )[ 0 ]
 
 
 # invoke the main without the command itself
diff --git a/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-2.python b/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-2.python
index dc37e2ad93..6493199950 100644
--- a/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-2.python
+++ b/challenge-255/luca-ferrari/python/ch-2.python
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!python
 
 #
-# Perl Weekly Challenge 254
+# Perl Weekly Challenge 255
 # Task 2
 #
 # See <https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-254>
@@ -12,17 +12,16 @@ import sys
 # task implementation
 # the return value will be printed
 def task_2( args ):
-    word = args[ 0 ].lower()
-    vowels =  list( reversed( list( filter( lambda x: x in ('a','e','i','o','u'), word ) ) ) )
-    output = ''
-    for letter in word:
-        if letter not in ( 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' ) or len( vowels ) == 0
-            output += letter
-        else:
-            output += vowels.pop( 0 )
-
-    return output
+    paragraph = args[ 0 ]
+    banned    = args[ 1 ]
+    classification = {}
+    for w in paragraph.split():
+        if w != banned:
+            if not w in classification:
+                classification[ w ] = 0
+            classification[ w ] += 1
 
+    return sorted( classification.items() )[ -1 ][ 0 ]
 
 # invoke the main without the command itself
 if __name__ == '__main__':