Restructuring

solutions/ProjectEuler/014/solve.c

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+#define MAX 1000000-1
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+int main( )
+{
+	unsigned int max_steps = 0;
+	unsigned int max_start;
+	
+	unsigned int test;
+	
+	unsigned long ctest;
+	unsigned int steps;
+
+	for(test = MAX; test > 1 ; test--)
+	{
+
+		ctest = test;
+		steps = 1;
+		while(ctest != 1)
+		{
+			ctest = ( ctest % 2 ) ? ctest * 3 + 1 : ctest / 2;
+			steps++;
+		}
+		if(steps > max_steps)
+		{
+			max_start = test;
+			max_steps = steps;
+		}
+			
+	}
+	printf( "%lu", max_start );
+}