Python / Language / Strings

consecutive.py

# Get the words with three consecutive double letters
# https://github.com/AllenDowney/ThinkPython2/blob/master/code/words.txt

def has3_2consecutive(word):
    i = 0; count = 0
    while i < len(word) - 1:
        if word[i] == word[i+1]:
            count = count + 1
            if count == 3:
                return True
            i = i + 2  # Look Here
        else:
            count = 0
            i = i + 1
    return False

for line in open("/var/www/python/words.txt"):
    word = line.strip()
    if has3_2consecutive(word):
        print(word)