RosettaCodeData/Task/Hailstone-sequence/ALGOL-W/hailstone-sequence.alg

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begin
% show some Hailstone Sequence related information %
% calculates the length of the sequence generated by n, %
% if showFirstAndLast is true, the first and last 4 elements of the %
% sequence are stored in first and last %
% hs holds a cache of the upbHs previously calculated sequence lengths %
% if showFirstAndLast is false, the cache will be used %
procedure hailstone ( integer value n
; integer array first, last ( * )
; integer result length
; integer array hs ( * )
; integer value upbHs
; logical value showFirstAndLast
) ;
if not showFirstAndLast and n <= upbHs and hs( n ) not = 0 then begin
% no need to store the start and end of the sequence and we already %
% know the length of the sequence for n %
length := hs( n )
end
else begin
% must calculate the sequence length %
integer sv;
for i := 1 until 4 do first( i ) := last( i ) := 0;
length := 0;
sv := n;
if sv > 0 then begin
while begin
length := length + 1;
if showFirstAndLast then begin
if length <= 4 then first( length ) := sv;
for lPos := 1 until 3 do last( lPos ) := last( lPos + 1 );
last( 4 ) := sv
end
else if sv <= upbHs and hs( sv ) not = 0 then begin
% have a known value %
length := ( length + hs( sv ) ) - 1;
sv := 1
end ;
sv not = 1
end do begin
sv := if odd( sv ) then ( 3 * sv ) + 1 else sv div 2
end while_sv_ne_1 ;
if n < upbHs then hs( n ) := length
end if_sv_gt_0
end hailstone ;
begin
% test the hailstone procedure %
integer HS_CACHE_SIZE;
HS_CACHE_SIZE := 100000;
begin
integer array first, last ( 1 :: 4 );
integer length, maxLength, maxNumber;
integer array hs ( 1 :: HS_CACHE_SIZE );
for i := 1 until HS_CACHE_SIZE do hs( i ) := 0;
hailstone( 27, first, last, length, hs, HS_CACHE_SIZE, true );
write( i_w := 1, s_w := 0
, "27: length ", length, ", first: ["
, first( 1 ), " ", first( 2 ), " ", first( 3 ), " ", first( 4 )
, "] last: ["
, last( 1 ), " ", last( 2 ), " ", last( 3 ), " ", last( 4 )
, "]"
);
maxNumber := 0;
maxLength := 0;
for n := 1 until 100000 do begin
hailstone( n, first, last, length, hs, HS_CACHE_SIZE, false );
if length > maxLength then begin
maxNumber := n;
maxLength := length
end if_length_gt_maxLength
end for_n ;
write( i_w := 1, s_w := 1, "Maximum sequence length: ", maxLength, " for: ", maxNumber )
end
end
end.