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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int collatz(int, int[], int);
void print_buffer(int buff[]);
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (argc < 2) {
perror("Usage: collatz NUMBER\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
int n = atoi(argv[1]);
if (n <= 1) {
perror("The number MUST be greater than 1\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
printf("Collatz of %d\n", n);
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
int buff[1024] = {0};
collatz(n, buff, 0);
print_buffer(buff);
} else if (pid > 0) {
wait(NULL);
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
int collatz(int n, int buff[], int steps) {
buff[steps] = n;
if (n == 1) {
return n;
} else if (n % 2 == 0) {
return collatz(n / 2, buff, steps + 1);
} else {
return collatz(3 * n + 1, buff, steps + 1);
}
}
void print_buffer(int buff[]) {
int i = 0;
while (buff[i] != 0) {
printf("%d ", buff[i]);
i++;
}
printf("\n");
}