Collatz Conjecture
Time Limit: 10 Seconds Memory Limit: 131072 KB
The Collatz conjecture which is also known as the 3n+1 conjecture is a very well known and old conjecture in mathematics. The conjecture is as follows. Take any natural number n. If n is even, divided by two to get n/2 and if n is odd number greater than 1, triple it and add one to obtain 3n+1. Repeat this process to get a sequence of natural numbers known as the Hailstone sequence. The conjecture is that no matter what number you start, you always reach 1. The hailstone sequence for n=3 is "3,10,5,16,8,4,2,1". Paul Erdos said “Mathematics is not yet ripe for such problems” and offered $500 for its solution. Now it's time to show Erdos that the Collatz conjecture can be proved for small numbers in 11th Iran Internet Programming Contest. You are to write a program that computes the length of the Hailstone sequence for the given n.
Input
There are multiple test cases in the input. Each test case consists of a line containing a non-negative integers 0≤n≤100. The input terminates with “0” which should not be processed.
Output
For each test case, output the length of the Hailstone sequence in one line.
Sample Input
1 2 3 0
Sample Output
1 2 8Submit
Source: 11th Iran Nationwide Internet Contest