RosettaCodeData/Task/Executable-library/REXX/executable-library-3.rexx

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/*REXX pgm finds the most common (popular) hailstone sequence length. */
parse arg z .; if z=='' then z=99999 /*get the optional first argument*/
!.=0
w=0; do j=1 for z /*═════════════task 4════════════*/
#=words(hailstone(j)) /*obtain hailstone sequence count*/
!.# = !.# + 1 /*add unity to popularity count. */
end /*j*/
occ=0; p=0
do k=1 for z
if !.k>occ then do; occ=!.k; p=k; end
end /*p*/
say '(between 1'z") " p,
' is the most common hailstone sequence length (with' occ "occurrences)."
/*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/