import random

positionList = []
okayToContinue = 0
gap = 3

for _ in range(10):

        okayToContinue = 0

        pos = random.randint(1,40)
        while okayToContinue != 1:
                for item in positionList:
                        for i in range (1, gap):
                                if (pos + i) == item:
                                        print "+"
                                        pos = random.randint(1,40)
                                        okayToContinue = 0
                                elif (pos - i) == item:
                                        print "-"
                                        pos = random.randint(1,40)
                                        okayToContinue = 0
                                elif pos == item:
                                        print "="
                                        pos = random.randint(1,40)
                                        okayToContinue = 0
                                else:
                                        okayToContinue = 1

                if len(positionList) < 1:
                        okayToContinue = 1

        positionList.append(pos)

print positionList