#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>
// Global Variables can be invoked by any function
int steps = 0;
// Prototypes
int fact(int n);
void collatz (int n);
int main(void)
{
// Fact
int x = get_int("Fact of ");
printf("fact of %i equals %i\n", x
, fact
(x
));
// Collatz
int y = get_int("Collatz of ");
collatz(y); // counts steps
printf("Collatz steps of %i: %i\n", y
, steps
);
}
// instead of a for loop
int fact(int n) // works thanks to the execution stack
{
// base case
if (n == 1) return 1; // last tab
// recursive case
else
{
return n * fact(n - 1); // close current tab but open a new one
}
} // in this function you accumulate the closed tabs, for instance, 3 * 2 * 1
void collatz (int n) // for counting number of steps
{
if (n < 1)
{
printf("Error: y must be bigger than zero\n");
return; // error
}
if (n == 1) // zero steps
{
return; // close tab
}
else if (n % 2 == 0) // remainder of n divided by 2
{
steps++; // add a step
collatz(n / 2); // open a simple tab
}
else
{
steps++; // add a step
collatz (3 * n + 1); // open an advanced tab
}
return; // close simple or advanced tab
}
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