Neemox

def get_number()
  while True:    #(!num) through a big error
      try:
        print('Please enter a number for the Collatz sequence:')
        num = int(input()) # Prompt for a number
        return num
        break
    except ValueError: # If we couldn't make it an int...
        print("enter an integer") # ... complain

Neemox

def collatz(number):
##	global number
		if number % 2 == 0:
			number = number // 2
			print(number)
			return number

		else:
			number = number * 3 + 1

Neemox

import re
import csv

re_degenerates = re.compile(r"[wsmkrybdhvn]")

def get_patterns(filename):
    with open(filename) as f:
        lines = f.readlines()[2:] # the first two lines aren't data
        for record in csv.reader(lines):
            index = record[0] # the first column is the pattern id

Neemox

import re
import csv

re_degenerates = re.compile(r"[wsmkrybdhvn]")

def get_patterns(filename):
    with open(filename) as f:
        lines = f.readlines()[2:] # the first two lines aren't data
        for record in csv.reader(lines):
            index = record[0] # the first column is the pattern id