The Monty Hall Problem

import random

def monty (numTrials):
    resultSwitch = 0
    resultStay = 0
    choices = ["Car", "Goat", "Goat"]
    for trial in range(numTrials):
        random.shuffle(choices)
        resultSwitch, resultStay = montyPick(choices,resultSwitch, resultStay)
    print "Out of %d trials run:" % numTrials
    print "Trials won by switching:", resultSwitch, "percent of total:", float(resultSwitch)*100/numTrials
    print "Trials won by staying:", resultStay, "percent of total:", float(resultStay)*100/numTrials

def findInList(lst, target):
    for index in range(len(lst)):
        if lst[index] == target:
            return index
    return -1

def montyPick (choices, resultSwitch, resultStay):
    pick = 0
    if choices[pick] == "Car": monty = 1
    else: monty = findInList(choices[1:], "Goat") + 1
    if monty == 1: remainingDoor = 2
    else: remainingDoor = 1
    montyChoice = choices[monty]
    if choices[remainingDoor] == "Car":
        resultSwitch += 1
    elif choices[pick] == "Car":
        resultStay += 1
    return resultSwitch, resultStay

monty (100000)