Problem:
Score : 200 points

Problem Statement

A sequence a=\{a_1,a_2,a_3,......\} is determined as follows:

The first term s is given as input.

Let f(n) be the following function: f(n) = n/2 if n is even, and f(n) = 3n+1 if n is odd.

a_i = s when i = 1, and a_i = f(a_{i-1}) when i > 1.

Find the minimum integer m that satisfies the following condition:

There exists an integer n such that a_m = a_n (m > n).

Constraints

1 \leq s \leq 100

All values in input are integers.

It is guaranteed that all elements in a and the minimum m that satisfies the condition are at most 1000000.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

s

Output

Print the minimum integer m that satisfies the condition.

Sample Input 1

8

Sample Output 1

5

a=\{8,4,2,1,4,2,1,4,2,1,......\}. As a_5=a_2, the answer is 5.

Sample Input 2

7

Sample Output 2

18

a=\{7,22,11,34,17,52,26,13,40,20,10,5,16,8,4,2,1,4,2,1,......\}.

Sample Input 3

54

Sample Output 3

114

Solution in Python (3.4.3) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import math
import copy




def nCast(number):
    if type(number)==str:
        return int(number)
    for idx in range(0,len(number)):
        if type(number[idx])==str:

            number[idx]=int(number[idx])
        else:
            nCast(number[idx])
    return number
    
def inputArr(w):
    l=list()
    for idx in range(0,w):
        l.append(input())
    return l
def inputArr1(w):
    l=list()
    for idx in range(0,w):
        l.append(input())
    return l

a=nCast(input())

def f(i):
    if i%2==0:
        return i/2
    return i*3+1
def func():
    s=set()
    idx=2
    pre=a
    s.add(a)
    while True:
        
        number=f(pre)
        if number in s:
            return idx
        idx+=1
        s.add(number)
        pre=number

print(func())