for odedo

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/env python2

from random import choice

pop = ['a', 'b', 'c',]
simulations = 0

"""
while simulations < 3:
    simulations += 1
    def simulate():
        steps = 0
        result = choice(pop)
        while result.find('abcb') == -1:
            result = result + choice(pop)
            steps += 1
        return steps
"""

# try something more like
def simulate():
    steps = 0
    result = choice(pop)
    while not 'abcb' in result:
        result = result + choice(pop)
        steps += 1
    return steps

TOTAL_SUM = 0
for i in range(3):
    total = 0
    total += simulate()
    print total
    TOTAL_SUM += total

print TOTAL_SUM