RosettaCodeData/Task/Hailstone-sequence/Elixir/hailstone-sequence.ex

24 lines
738 B
Elixir

defmodule Hailstone do
require Integer
def step(1) , do: 0
def step(n) when Integer.is_even(n), do: div(n,2)
def step(n) , do: n*3 + 1
def sequence(n) do
Stream.iterate(n, &step/1) |> Stream.take_while(&(&1 > 0)) |> Enum.to_list
end
def run do
seq27 = sequence(27)
len27 = length(seq27)
repr = String.replace(inspect(seq27, limit: 4) <> inspect(Enum.drop(seq27,len27-4)), "][", ", ")
IO.puts "Hailstone(27) has #{len27} elements: #{repr}"
{len, start} = Enum.map(1..100_000, fn(n) -> {length(sequence(n)), n} end) |> Enum.max
IO.puts "Longest sequence starting under 100000 begins with #{start} and has #{len} elements."
end
end
Hailstone.run