RosettaCodeData/Task/Executable-library/Pike/executable-library-1.pike

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#!/usr/bin/env pike
int next(int n)
{
if (n==1)
return 0;
if (n%2)
return 3*n+1;
else
return n/2;
}
array(int) hailstone(int n)
{
array seq = ({ n });
while (n=next(n))
seq += ({ n });
return seq;
}
void main()
{
array(int) two = hailstone(27);
if (equal(two[0..3], ({ 27, 82, 41, 124 })) && equal(two[<3..], ({ 8,4,2,1 })))
write("sizeof(({ %{%d, %}, ... %{%d, %} }) == %d\n", two[0..3], two[<3..], sizeof(two));
mapping longest = ([ "length":0, "start":0 ]);
foreach(allocate(100000); int start; )
{
int length = sizeof(hailstone(start));
if (length > longest->length)
{
longest->length = length;
longest->start = start;
}
}
write("longest sequence starting at %d has %d elements\n", longest->start, longest->length);
}