RosettaCodeData/Task/Hailstone-sequence/Fermat/hailstone-sequence.fermat

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Array g[2]
Func Collatz(n, d) =
{Runs the Collatz procedure for the number n and returns the number of steps.}
{If d is nonzero, prints the terms in the sequence.}
steps := 1;
while n>1 do
if n|2=0 then n:=n/2 else n:=3n+1 fi;
if d then !!n fi;
steps := steps + 1
od;
steps.
Function LongestTo(n) =
{Finds the number up to n for which the Collatz algorithm takes the most number of steps.}
{The result is stored in the array [g]: g[1] is the number, g[2] is how many steps it takes.}
champ:=0;
record:=0;
for i = 1, n do
q:=Collatz(i, 0);
if q > record then
champ:=i; record:=q; fi;
od;
g[1]:=champ;
g[2]:=record;
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