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Processing JSON using jq

jq is useful to slice, filter, map and transform structured json data.

Installing jq

On Mac OS

brew install jq

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num = 27
steps = 0 
# while steps < 30:  # use this while logic to show that it continuously loops 4,2,1. The number 30 can be changed to any arbitrary number
while num != 1:
    if num % 2 != 0:
        num = num * 3 + 1
    else:
        num = num / 2
    print(num)
    steps += 1

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#!/usr/bin/env

# Python Docs https://docs.python.org/3/library/secrets.html

import secrets
secrets.token_hex(5).upper() # The number of actual character returned will be double the number in token_hex(n)