solutions/cw4a/collatz2.while
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+++ b/solutions/cw4a/collatz2.while	Fri Jun 02 15:58:57 2023 +0100
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+// Collatz series
+//
+// needs writing of strings and numbers; comments
+
+bnd := 1;
+while bnd < 100001 do {
+  write bnd;
+  write ": ";
+  n := bnd;
+  cnt := 0;
+
+  while n > 1 do {
+    write n;
+    write ",";
+    
+    if n % 2 == 0 
+    then n := n / 2 
+    else n := 3 * n+1;
+
+    cnt := cnt + 1
+  };
+
+  write " => ";
+  write cnt;
+  write "\n";
+  bnd := bnd + 1
+}
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