RosettaCodeData/Task/Hofstadter-Q-sequence/ALGOL-W/hofstadter-q-sequence.alg
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begin % find elements of the Hofstader Q sequence Q(1) = Q(2) = 1 %
% Q(n) = Q( n - Q( n - 1 ) ) + Q( n - Q( n - 2 ) ) for n > 2 %
integer MAX_Q;
max_Q := 100000;
begin
integer array Q ( 1 :: MAX_Q );
integer array xQ ( 1 :: 10 );
integer ltCount;
logical valuesOk;
% expected values of the first 10 elements %
xQ( 1 ) := xQ( 2 ) := 1;
xQ( 3 ) := 2; xQ( 4 ) := xQ( 5 ) := 3; xQ( 6 ) := 4;
xQ( 7 ) := xQ( 8 ) := 5; xQ( 9 ) := xQ( 10 ) := 6;
% calculate the sequence and count how often Q( n ) < Q( n - 1 ) %
ltCount := 0;
Q( 1 ) := Q( 2 ) := 1;
for n := 3 until MAX_Q do begin
Q( n ) := Q( n - Q( n - 1 ) ) + Q( n - Q( n - 2 ) );
if Q( n ) < Q( n - 1 ) then ltCount := ltCount + 1
end for_n ;
valuesOk := true;
write( "The first 10 terms of the Hofstader Q sequence:" );
for i := 1 until 10 do begin
writeon( i_w := 1, s_w := 0, " ", Q( i ) );
if Q( i ) not = xQ( i ) then begin
writeon( i_w := 1, s_w := 0, "-EXPECTED-", xQ( i ) );
valuesOk := false
end if_Q_i_ne_xQ_i
end for_i ;
write( i_w := 1, s_w := 0, "The 1000th term is: ", Q( 1000 ) );
if Q( 1000 ) not = 502 then begin
writeon( "-EXPECTED-502" );
valuesOk := false
end if_Q_100_ne_502 ;
if valuesOk then write( " (Computed values are as expected)" )
else write( "Values NOT as expected" );
write( i_w := 1, s_w := 0, "Q(n) < Q(n-1) ", ltCount," times for n up to ", MAX_Q )
end
end.