diff --git a/challenge_7/python/py2k5/findMissingNumber.py b/challenge_7/python/py2k5/findMissingNumber.py
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+
+def main():
+	numbers = [ 0,1,3,4,2,5,7 ]
+        tot = len(numbers)
+	if 0 not in numbers: 
+		print 0
+	else:
+		for num in numbers:
+			if num +1 < tot and num+1 not in numbers:
+				print num + 1
+				break
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	main()