input = "1" def look_and_say(input): s = "" last = 'x' count = 1 for n in input: if last == 'x': last = n count = 1 continue; if last == n: count += 1 continue; s+=f"{count}{last}" last=n count=1 return s+f"{count}{n}" """ Not worth it def recursive_look_and_say(input): j = len(input)//2 while True: if j == len(input)-1: return look_and_say(input) # Assert 'j' does not divide repeating characters if input[j] != input[j+1]: return recursive_look_and_say(input[:j+1])+ recursive_look_and_say(input[j+1:]) j+=1 """ # Result for i in range(50): input = look_and_say(input) print(len(input))