using System;

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namespace problem_14

{

    public class Program

    {

        public int startingNumberWithHighestCountSoFar = 0;

        public int highestNumberOfStepsSoFar = 0;

        public long currentSequenceValue = 0;

        public int numberOfSteps = 0;

        public bool isFinished = false;

        public static void Main()

        {

            Program prg = new Program();

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            if(!prg.isFinished)

            {//Console.WriteLine("start");

                for(int X = 0 ; X <= 1000000 ; X++)

                {//Console.WriteLine("Current Starting Number: " + X);

                    prg.numberOfSteps = 1;

                    prg.currentSequenceValue = X;

                    while(prg.currentSequenceValue!=1 && prg.currentSequenceValue>1)

                    {//Console.WriteLine("in while");

                        if(prg.currentSequenceValue % 2 == 0 )//even

                        {//Console.WriteLine("even");

                            prg.currentSequenceValue = prg.currentSequenceValue/2;

                            prg.numberOfSteps+=1;

                            //Console.WriteLine(prg.currentSequenceValue);

                        }

                        else//odd

                        {//Console.WriteLine("odd");

                            prg.currentSequenceValue = (prg.currentSequenceValue*3)+1;

                            prg.numberOfSteps+=1;

                            //Console.WriteLine(prg.currentSequenceValue);

                        }

                    }//Console.WriteLine("out while");

                    if(prg.numberOfSteps>prg.highestNumberOfStepsSoFar)

                    {

                        prg.highestNumberOfStepsSoFar=prg.numberOfSteps;

                        prg.startingNumberWithHighestCountSoFar = X;

                        Console.WriteLine("New highest number: " + prg.startingNumberWithHighestCountSoFar + " with " + prg.highestNumberOfStepsSoFar + " members!");

                    }

                }

                prg.isFinished=true; //this is totally redundant :D

            }

        }

    }

}

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