Go: package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sort"
)

var memo []int

func solve(v int) int {
	if v == 6174 {
		return 0
	}
	//if memo[v] == 0 {
	a := make([]int, 4)
	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
		a[i] = v % 10
		v /= 10
	}
	sort.Slice(a, func(i, j int) bool {
		return a[i] > a[j]
	})
	l := int(0)
	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
		l *= 10
		l += a[i]
	}
	sort.Slice(a, func(i, j int) bool {
		return a[i] < a[j]
	})
	s := int(0)
	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
		s *= 10
		s += a[i]
	}
	memo[v] = solve(l-s) + 1
	//}
	//return memo[v]
	return solve(l-s) + 1
}

func main() {
	var v int
	memo = make([]int, 10000)
	for {
		fmt.Scan(&v)
		if v == 0 {
			break
		}
		if v%1111 == 0 {
			fmt.Println("NA")
			continue
		}
		fmt.Println(solve(v))
	}
}

C++: #include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <iterator>
#include <functional>

using namespace std;

#define ALL(c) begin(c),end(c)

template<class T, class U> T lexical_cast(const U &from) {
    stringstream ss;
    ss << from;
    T to;
    ss >> to;
    return to;
}

bool same(const string &s) {
    return s[0] == s[1] && s[0] == s[2] && s[0] == s[3];
}

int main() {
    for(string S; cin >> S, S != "0000"; ) {
        if(same(S)) {
            cout << "NA" << endl;
            continue;
        }
        int ans = 0;
        while(S != "6174") {
            string L = S;
            sort(ALL(L), greater<char>());
            string SS = S;
            sort(ALL(SS));
            S = lexical_cast<string>(lexical_cast<int>(L) - lexical_cast<int>(SS));
            ans++;
        }
        cout << ans << endl;
    }
}

C++: #include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cmath>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <algorithm>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);i++)
#define REP(i,j) FOR(i,0,j)
#define mp std::make_pair

const int INF = 1 << 24;
const int dx[8] = {0, 0, 1, -1, 1, 1, -1, -1}, dy[8] = {1, -1, 0, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1};

typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef std::pair<int,int> P;

int main(){
    std::string s;
    while(std::cin >> s, s != "0000"){
        if(s[0] == s[1] && s[0] == s[2] && s[0] == s[3]){
            std::cout << "NA" << std::endl;
        }else{
            int t = 0;
            while(s != "6174"){
                int L, S;
                std::sort(s.begin(), s.end(), std::greater<char>());
                L = std::stoi(s);
                std::sort(s.begin(), s.end());
                S = std::stoi(s);

                s = std::to_string(L-S);
                while(s.length() < 4){
                    s += "0";
                }
                t++;
            }

            std::cout << t << std::endl;
        }
    }
}

C++: #include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;

int main(){
  int n;
  while(cin >> n , n){
    if(n%1111 == 0){
      cout << "NA" << endl;
      continue;
    }
    int c;
    while(n != 6174){
      stringstream ss;      
      ss << n;
      string buf = ss.str();
      string strs = buf;
      string strl = buf;
      sort(strs.begin(),strs.end());
      sort(strl.begin(),strl.end(),greater<int>());
      int s = atoi(strs.c_str());
      int l = atoi(strl.c_str());
      n = l-s;
      c++;
    }
    cout << c << endl;
  }
  return 0;
}

C++: #include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main(){
    int n, d[4];
    while(cin >> n){
        if(n == 0)  break;
        if(n % 1111 == 0){
            cout << "NA" << endl;
        }else{
            int tmpn = n;
            for(int i = 3; i >= 0; i--){
                d[i] = tmpn%10;
                tmpn /= 10;
            }
            
            int ans = 0;
            while(n != 6174){
                ans++;
                sort(d, d+4);
                n = (1000*d[3] + 100*d[2] + 10*d[1] + d[0]) -
                        (1000*d[0] + 100*d[1] + 10*d[2] + d[3]);
                tmpn = n;
                for(int i = 3; i >= 0; i--){
                    d[i] = tmpn%10;
                    tmpn /= 10;
                }
            }
            cout << ans << endl;
        }
    }
}

C++: #include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <sstream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cassert>

using namespace std;

int toInt(string s){int v;istringstream sin(s);sin>>v;return v;}
template<class T> inline string toString(T x) {ostringstream sout;sout<<x;return sout.str();}

int main(void)
{
	string n;
	while (cin >> n && n != "0000"){
		if (count(n.begin(), n.end(), n[0]) == 4){
			cout << "NA" << endl;
		}
		assert(n != "0000");

		int tmp = toInt(n);
		char str[128];
		sprintf(str, "%04d", tmp);
		n = string(str);
		int cnt = 0;
		while (n != "6174"){
			assert(count(n.begin(), n.end(), n[0]) != 4);
			string L = n; sort(L.rbegin(), L.rend());
			string S = n; sort(S.begin(), S.end());
			// cout << n << " " << L << " " << S << endl;
			int tmp = toInt(L) - toInt(S);
			char str[128];
			sprintf(str, "%04d", tmp);
			n = string(str);
			cnt++;
		}
		cout << cnt << endl;
	}

	return 0;
}

C++: #include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<cmath>
#include<map>
#include<string>
using namespace std;

char N[4], n[4];
int L, S, d;

int main()
{
  while(true)
  {
    cin >> N;
    if(N[0] == '0' && N[1] == '0' && N[2] == '0' && N[3] == '0')
      break;
    if(N[0] == N[1] && N[1] == N[2] && N[2] == N[3])
    {
      cout << "NA" << endl;
      continue;
    }
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
      if(N[0] == '6' && N[1] == '1' && N[2] == '7' && N[3] == '4')
      {
        cout << i << endl;
        break;
      }

      L = S = 0;
      sort(N, N + 4);
      for(int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
        S += (N[j] - '0') * pow(10, 3 - j);
      reverse(N , N + 4);
      for(int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
        L += (N[j] - '0') * pow(10, 3 - j);
      d = L - S;
      for(int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
      {
        N[j] = (d / (int)pow(10, 3 - j)) + '0';
        d -= (N[j] - '0') * (int)pow(10, 3 - j);
      }
    }
  }
}

C++: #include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <cmath>
#include <cassert>

using namespace std;

#define FOR(i,k,n) for(int i=(k); i<(int)(n); ++i)
#define REP(i,n) FOR(i,0,n)
#define FORIT(i,c) for(__typeof((c).begin())i=(c).begin();i!=(c).end();++i)

template<class T> void debug(T begin, T end){ for(T i = begin; i != end; ++i) cerr<<*i<<" "; cerr<<endl; }
inline bool valid(int x, int y, int W, int H){ return (x >= 0 && y >= 0 && x < W && y < H); }

typedef long long ll;
const int INF = 100000000;
const double EPS = 1e-8;
const int MOD = 1000000007;
int dx[8] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1};
int dy[8] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, -1, -1};
int ton(string s){
  return atoi(s.c_str());
}
string tos(int N){
  stringstream ss;
  ss<<N;
  string s = ss.str();
  while(s.size() < 4) s = "0" + s;
  return s;
}
int solve(string s){
  if(s[0] == s[1] && s[1] == s[2] && s[2] == s[3]) return -1;
  int ans = 0;
  while(true){
    if(s == "6174") break;
    sort(s.begin(), s.end());
    int S = ton(s);
    reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
    int L = ton(s);
    int N = L - S;
    s = tos(N);
    ans += 1;
  }
  return ans;
}

int main(){
  string s;
  while( cin>>s && s != "0000"){
    int ans = solve(s);
    if(ans == -1) cout<<"NA"<<endl;
    else cout<<ans<<endl;
  }
  return 0;
}