(phixonline)-->
with javascript_semantics
function hailstone(atom n)
sequence s = {n}
while n!=1 do
if remainder(n,2)=0 then
n /= 2
else
n = 3*n+1
end if
s &= n
end while
return s
end function
function hailstone_count(atom n)
integer count = 1
while n!=1 do
if remainder(n,2)=0 then
n /= 2
else
n = 3*n+1
end if
count += 1
end while
return count
end function
sequence s = hailstone(27)
printf(1,"hailstone(27) = %v\n",{shorten(s,"numbers",4)})
integer hmax = 1, imax = 1,count
for i=2 to 1e5-1 do
count = hailstone_count(i)
if count>hmax then
hmax = count
imax = i
end if
end for
printf(1,"The longest hailstone sequence under 100,000 is %d with %d elements.\n",{imax,hmax})