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diff --git a/challenge-334/sgreen/python/ch-1.py b/challenge-334/sgreen/python/ch-1.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+
+
+def range_sum(ints: list, x: int, y: int) -> int:
+    """Calculate the sum of a range in a list of integers.
+
+    Args:
+        ints (list): A list of integers.
+        x (int): The starting index of the range (inclusive).
+        y (int): The ending index of the range (inclusive).
+
+    Returns:
+        int: The sum of the integers from index x to index y (inclusive).
+    """
+    # Sanity checks for x and y
+    if x < 0 or x >= len(ints):
+        raise ValueError(f"x must be between 0 and {len(ints) - 1}, got {x}")
+    if y < 0 or y >= len(ints):
+        raise ValueError(f"y must be between 0 and {len(ints) - 1}, got {y}")
+    if x > y:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"x must be less than or equal to y, got x={x}, y={y}")
+
+    # Return the sum of the range from x to y (inclusive)
+    return sum(ints[x:y + 1])
+
+
+def main():
+    # Convert input into integers
+    array = [int(n) for n in sys.argv[1:]]
+    y = array.pop()  # Last element is y
+    x = array.pop()  # Second last element is x
+    result = range_sum(array, x, y)
+    print(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/challenge-334/sgreen/python/ch-2.py b/challenge-334/sgreen/python/ch-2.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import sys
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Point:
+    """A point in 2D space with x and y coordinates."""
+    x: int
+    y: int
+
+    def __sub__(self, other: 'Point') -> int:
+        """Calculate the Manhattan distance between this point and another."""
+        return abs(self.x - other.x) + abs(self.y - other.y)
+
+
+def shortest_index(x: int, y: int, points_list: list[list[int]]) -> int:
+    """Find the index of the point closest to (x, y) that shares either x or y coordinate.
+    If no such point exists, return -1.
+
+    Args:
+        x (int): The x coordinate of the starting point.
+        y (int): The y coordinate of the starting point.
+        points_list (list[list[int]]): A list of points, each represented as a list of two integers [x, y].
+
+    Returns:
+        int: The index of the closest point that shares either x or y coordinate, or -1 if none exists.
+    """
+
+    # Turn the input parameters into Point objects
+    starting_point = Point(x, y)
+    points = [Point(*point) for point in points_list]
+
+    # Initialize variables to track the minimum distance and corresponding index
+    min_distance = None
+    min_index = -1
+
+    for index, point in enumerate(points):
+        # Check if the point shares either x or y coordinate with the starting point
+        if point.x != starting_point.x and point.y != starting_point.y:
+            continue
+
+        # Calculate the distance from the starting point to the current point
+        # and update the minimum distance and index if necessary
+        distance = starting_point - point
+        if min_distance is None or distance < min_distance:
+            min_distance = distance
+            min_index = index
+
+    # Return the index of the closest point, or -1 if no such point was found
+    return min_index
+
+
+def main():
+    # Convert input into integers
+    array = [int(n) for n in sys.argv[1:]]
+    x = array.pop(0)  # First element is x
+    y = array.pop(0)  # Second element is y
+    points = [array[i:i + 2] for i in range(0, len(array), 2)]
+    result = shortest_index(x, y, points)
+    print(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/challenge-334/sgreen/python/test.py b/challenge-334/sgreen/python/test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import unittest
+ch_1 = __import__('ch-1')
+ch_2 = __import__('ch-2')
+
+
+class TestClass(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_ch_1(self):
+        self.assertEqual(ch_1.range_sum([-2, 0, 3, -5, 2, -1], 0, 2), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_1.range_sum([1, -2, 3, -4, 5], 1, 3), -3)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_1.range_sum([1, 0, 2, -1, 3], 3, 4), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_1.range_sum([-5, 4, -3, 2, -1, 0], 0, 3), -2)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_1.range_sum([-1, 0, 2, -3, -2, 1], 0, 2), 1)
+
+    def test_ch_2(self):
+        self.assertEqual(ch_2.shortest_index(3, 4, [[1, 2], [3, 1], [2, 4], [2, 3]]), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_2.shortest_index(2, 5, [[3, 4], [2, 3], [1, 5], [2, 5]]), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_2.shortest_index(1, 1, [[2, 2], [3, 3], [4, 4]]), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_2.shortest_index(0, 0, [[0, 1], [1, 0], [0, 2], [2, 0]]), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ch_2.shortest_index(5, 5, [[5, 6], [6, 5], [5, 4], [4, 5]]), 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()