$ x = p1 $ count = 0 $ sum = x $ loop1: $ length = f$length( x ) $ if length .eq. 1 then $ goto done $ i = 0 $ sum = 0 $ loop2: $ digit = f$extract( i, 1, x ) $ sum = sum + digit $ i = i + 1 $ if i .lt. length then $ goto loop2 $ x = f$string( sum ) $ count = count + 1 $ goto loop1 $ done: $ write sys$output p1, " has additive persistence ", count, " and digital root of ", sum