Iterations? Sequences

[latnoa]

Hello I'm trying to program a sequence and I think I might have successfully created one ( if not feel free to point out the problem)

while (n>=1)
{ if (n==1)
{ n=1;
break;
}
if (n%2==0)
{ n=n/2;
}
if (n%2==1)
{ n= ((3*n)+(1));
}
}
Assuming n is equal to an integer greater than or equal to 1, n will continue to go through the sequence until it reaches 1 and then it will end.

First I want to know how many times it went to the sequence so I need a code that will tell me how many times it goes through the sequence for a value of n greater than 1

Also I want to print out to the screen the value of n for every time it goes through the sequence. Obviously this will require me to write cout <<" " << endl; and most likely using more variables.

Also my friend said to look for iterations but I can't find it on my book or what I'm referring to here over the web. If someone can lead me to a certain subject I can read about what I want to do. Any references will be nice. TY

[Stewbond]

All you need is an extra int that will increment during each cycle:

int counter = 0;
while (n>=1)
{ 
	if (n==1)
	{ 
		n=1;
		break;
	}
	if (n%2==0)
	{ 
		n=n/2;
	}
	if (n%2==1)
	{ 
		n= ((3*n)+(1));
	}
        counter++; //This will keep track of how many times you've gone through the sequence;
        cout << n << endl; //This will output the value of n at the end of each sequence.
}
cout << "we went through " << counter << " iterations of the sequence" << endl;

[latnoa]

Ok Thank you. Also does it matter where I put it inside the sequence?

[Vins3Xtreme]

simplified code:

while(n > 1){
    if(n % 2) n= (3*n) + 1;
    else n/=2;
    counter++;
    cout<<n<<endl;
}