import java.util.Scanner; public class Collatz { public static void main( String[] args ) { Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); int num, num1; num1 = 1; System.out.println(" please choose a number "); num = keyboard.nextInt(); while ( num != 1 ) { if ( num % 2 == 0 ) num = ( num/2 ); else num = ((num*3)+1); System.out.println(num); num1++; } System.out.println( " It took " + num1 + " steps to get it to 1 " ); } }