@echo off setlocal enableDelayedExpansion if "%~1"=="test" ( for /l %%. in () do ( set /a "test1=num %% 2, cnt=cnt+1" if !test1! equ 0 (set /a num/=2 & if !num! equ 1 exit !cnt!) else (set /a num=3*num+1) ) ) set max=0 set record=0 for /l %%X in (2,1,100000) do ( set num=%%X & cmd /c "%~f0" test if !errorlevel! gtr !max! (set /a "max=!errorlevel!,record=%%X") ) set /a max+=1 echo.Number less than 100000 with longest sequence: %record% echo.With length %max%. pause>nul exit /b 0