[FIXED] Is there anything preventing my code from running after inputting a number? (Lothar Collatz hypothesis)

Issue

number = int(input("Enter any non-negative and non-zero integer number: "))
counter = 0

while number > 0 and number != 1:
    counter = +1

    if number % 2 == 0:
        number = number/2
        if number % 2 == 0:
            number = number/5
        else:
            number = (number*3)+1
    else:
        if number % 2 == 0:
            number = number/2
        else:
            number = (number*3)+1
print("Your number took", counter, "steps")

Solution

You need to change the counter= +1 to counter += 1, and you can change your if-else statement like this:

number = int(input("Enter any non-negative and non-zero integer number: "))
counter = 0

while number > 0 and number != 1:
    counter += 1
    print(number)

    if number % 2 == 0:
        number = number/2
    else:
        number = number*3+1

print("Your number took", counter, "steps")

Answered By - Marsolgen