It has been said that a monkey pushing keys a random on a typewriter could produce the works of Shakespeare, given enough time. you can simulate this by having a program select and display letters at random. count the number of letters typed until the program produces one of these two-letter words: at, is, he, we, up, or on. When one of these words is produced, stop the program and display the total number of letters typed. (hint: Choose a letter by selecting a random integer number between 1 and 26.)

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It has been said that a monkey pushing keys a random on a typewriter could produce the works of Shakespeare, given enough time. you can simulate this by having a program select and display letters at random. count the number of letters typed until the program produces one of these two-letter words: at, is, he, we, up, or on. When one of these words is produced, stop the program and display the total number of letters typed. (hint: Choose a letter by selecting a random integer number between 1 and 26.)

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