Consider
int n;
scanf("%d",&n);
while ( n !=
1 ) {
if (0 == (n % 2)) n = n/2;
else n = 3*n + 1;
}
Example n = 7, values at top of while loop
7 22 11 34 17 52 26 13 40 20 10 5 16 8 4 2 1 HALTS
For n = 31
31 94 47 142
71 214 107 322 161
484 242 121
364 182 91 274 137 412 206
103 310 155
466 233 700 350 175 526 263
790 395 1186
593 1780 890 445 1336 668 334
167 502 251
754 377 1132 566 283 850 425
1276 638 319
958 479 1438 719 2158 1079 3238
1619 4858 2429
7288 3644 1822 911 2734 1367 4102
2051 6154 3077
9232 4616 2308 1154 577 1732 866
433 1300 650
325 976 488 244 122 61 184
92 46 23 70
35 106 53 160 80 40
20 10 5 16 8
4 2 1