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> 
> > max=0
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> 	"max" is a bad name -- it masks the built-in max() function
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> > m=0
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> > while m<=1000000:
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> >     m+=1
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> 
> 	Since "m" is only modified here and has a value of 1 for the first
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> pass through, you can replace those three lines with
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> for m in xrange(1, 1000001): #python 2.x, just use range() for 3.x
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> >     count=0
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> >     n=m
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> >     while n!=1:
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> >         count+=1
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> >         if n%2==0:
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> >             n=n//2
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> >         else:
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> >             n=3*n+1
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> 	Avoid the comparison to 0 by reversing the then/else actions... Any
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> 0 result is false.
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> -=-=-=-=-
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> import time
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> mx = 0
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> start = time.time()
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> for m in xrange(1, 1000001):
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>     count = 0
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>     n = m
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>     while n > 1:
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>         count += 1
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>         if n % 2:   # 0 means false
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>             n = 3 * n + 1
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>         else:
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>             n = n // 2
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>     if count > mx:
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>         mx, num = count, m
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> end = time.time()
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> print num, mx
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> print end-start
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> -=-=-=-=-
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> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
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> E:\UserData\Wulfraed\My Documents>cd "Python Progs"
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> E:\UserData\Wulfraed\My Documents\Python Progs>Script1.py
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> 837799 524
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> 83.2030000687
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> E:\UserData\Wulfraed\My Documents\Python Progs>
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> -- 
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> 	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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>         wlfraed@ix.netcom.com    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

Thanks, your suggestions are well taken.