RosettaCodeData/Task/Hailstone-sequence/Prolog/hailstone-sequence-7.pro

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Prolog

longest_sequence :-
seq(2, 100000, 1-[1], Len-V),
format('For ~w sequence has ~w len ! ~n', [V, Len]).
% walk through 2 to 100000 and compute the length of the sequences
% memorize the longest
seq(N, Max, Len-V, Len-V) :- N is Max + 1, !.
seq(N, Max, CLen - CV, FLen - FV) :-
len_seq(N, Len - N),
( Len > CLen -> Len1 = Len, V1 = [N]
; Len = CLen -> Len1 = Len, V1 = [N | CV]
; Len1 = CLen, V1 = CV),
N1 is N+1,
seq(N1, Max, Len1 - V1, FLen - FV).
% compute the len of the Hailstone sequence for a number
len_seq(N, Len - N) :-
hailstone(N),
findall(hailstone(X), find_chr_constraint(hailstone(X)), L),
length(L, Len),
clean.