print "Part 1: Create a routine to generate the hailstone sequence for a number."
print ""

while hailstone < 1 or hailstone <> int(hailstone)
    input "Please enter a positive integer: "; hailstone
wend
count = doHailstone(hailstone,"Y")

print: print "Part 2: Use the routine to show that the hailstone sequence for the number 27 has 112 elements starting with 27, 82, 41, 124 and ending with 8, 4, 2, 1."
count = doHailstone(27,"Y")

print: print "Part 3: Show the number less than 100,000 which has the longest hailstone sequence together with that sequence's length.(But don't show the actual sequence)!"
print "Calculating result... Please wait... This could take a little while..."
print "Stone Percent Count"
for i = 1 to 99999
   count = doHailstone(i,"N")
	if count > maxCount then
	   theBigStone = i
	   maxCount	= count
     print using("#####",i);" ";using("###.#", i / 99999 * 100);"% ";using("####",count)
     end if
next i
end

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' pass number and print (Y/N)
FUNCTION doHailstone(hailstone,prnt$)
if prnt$ = "Y" then
 print
 print "The following is the 'Hailstone Sequence' for number:";hailstone
end if
while hailstone <> 1
   if (hailstone and 1) then hailstone = (hailstone * 3) + 1 else hailstone = hailstone / 2
   doHailstone = doHailstone + 1
   if prnt$ = "Y" then
    print hailstone;chr$(9);
    if (doHailstone mod 10) = 0 then print
   end if
wend
END FUNCTION