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diff --git a/challenge-279/deadmarshal/python/ch1.py b/challenge-279/deadmarshal/python/ch1.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+def sort_letters(letters,weights):
+  d = dict(zip(letters,weights))
+  return ''.join(sorted(d.keys(),key=lambda k: d[k]))
+
+print(sort_letters(['R','E','P','L'],[3,2,1,4]))
+print(sort_letters(['A','U','R','K'],[2,4,1,3]))
+print(sort_letters(['O','H','Y','N','P','T'],[5,4,2,6,1,3]))
+
diff --git a/challenge-279/deadmarshal/python/ch2.py b/challenge-279/deadmarshal/python/ch2.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+def split_string(s):
+  vowels = 'aeiouAEIOU'
+  return sum(s.count(v) for v in vowels) % 2 == 0
+
+print(split_string('perl'))
+print(split_string('book'))
+print(split_string('good morning'))
+