Exercise: Collatz Sequence
The Collatz Sequence is defined as follows, for an arbitrary n1 greater than zero:
- If ni is 1, then the sequence terminates at ni.
- If ni is even, then ni+1 = ni / 2.
- If ni is odd, then ni+1 = 3 * ni + 1.
For example, beginning with n1 = 3:
- 3 is odd, so n2 = 3 * 3 + 1 = 10;
- 10 is even, so n3 = 10 / 2 = 5;
- 5 is odd, so n4 = 3 * 15 + 1 = 16;
- 16 is even, so n5 = 16 / 2 = 8;
- 8 is even, so n6 = 8 / 2 = 4;
- 4 is even, so n7 = 4 / 2 = 2;
- 2 is even, so n8 = 1; and
- the sequence terminates.
Write a function to calculate the length of the collatz sequence for a given
initial n
.
/// Determine the length of the collatz sequence beginning at `n`. fn collatz_length(mut n: i32) -> u32 { todo!("Implement this") } fn main() { todo!("Implement this") }