RosettaCodeData/Task/Hailstone-sequence/Io/hailstone-sequence.io

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Io

makeItHail := method(n,
stones := list(n)
while (n != 1,
if(n isEven,
n = n / 2,
n = 3 * n + 1
)
stones append(n)
)
stones
)
out := makeItHail(27)
writeln("For the sequence beginning at 27, the number of elements generated is ", out size, ".")
write("The first four elements generated are ")
for(i, 0, 3,
write(out at(i), " ")
)
writeln(".")
write("The last four elements generated are ")
for(i, out size - 4, out size - 1,
write(out at(i), " ")
)
writeln(".")
numOfElems := 0
nn := 3
for(x, 3, 100000,
out = makeItHail(x)
if(out size > numOfElems,
numOfElems = out size
nn = x
)
)
writeln("For numbers less than or equal to 100,000, ", nn,
" has the longest sequence of ", numOfElems, " elements.")