Assignemnt #76 and Collatz Sequence
Code
import java.util.Scanner;
public class CollatzSequence
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
int n, steps = 0;
System.out.print( "Starting Number: ");
n = keyboard.nextInt();
System.out.print( n + "\t" );
while ( n != 1 ){
if ( n%2 == 0 ){
n = n/2;
System.out.print( n + "\t" );
steps++;
}
else if ( n%2 != 0 ){
n = (n*3)+1;
System.out.print( n + "\t" );
steps++;
}
}
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.println( "Terminated after " + steps + "steps.");
}
}
Picture of the output