RosettaCodeData/Task/Hailstone-sequence/C/hailstone-sequence-2.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#define N 10000000
#define CS N /* cache size */
typedef unsigned long ulong;
ulong cache[CS] = {0};
ulong hailstone(ulong n)
{
int x;
if (n == 1) return 1;
if (n < CS && cache[n]) return cache[n];
x = 1 + hailstone((n & 1) ? 3 * n + 1 : n / 2);
if (n < CS) cache[n] = x;
return x;
}
int main()
{
int i, l, max = 0, mi;
for (i = 1; i < N; i++) {
if ((l = hailstone(i)) > max) {
max = l;
mi = i;
}
}
printf("max below %d: %d, length %d\n", N, mi, max);
return 0;
}