Quick python to calculate collatz conjecture numbers and the amount of steps to get there.

collatz.py

start = 3
most_steps_num = 0
most_steps_steps = 0
while True:
    #number = input("enter a number to test the Collatz Conjecture\n")
    #number = int(number)
    #orig = number
    number = start
    steps = 0
    while number > 1:
        if number % 2 == 0:
            number = number / 2
        else:
            number = number * 3 + 1
        steps = steps + 1
        #print(number)
    if steps > most_steps_steps:
        most_steps_num = start
        most_steps_steps = steps
    print("[*] Number: {:^11} took {:^7} steps\tHighest steps for {:^11}: {:^7}".format(start, steps, most_steps_num, most_steps_steps))
    start = start + 2