Monday, May 21, 2012

3n+1 challenge at UVa

I'm having trouble running the "3n+1 Problem" from the "Programming Challenges" book.



I've tried every solution in Java I could find on google (even the ones on Stack Overflow), and not a single one works, they all report a "Wrong answer". I also found a working C++ solution, translated it to Java, and same thing: "Wrong answer".



I'm using the template from Programming Challenges for Java submissions, and I could swear my algorithm is right, the only possible problem I can think of is in the code for reading the input or writing the output, but I can't figure it out. Here's my code, any help would be greatly appreciated:



class myStuff implements Runnable {

@Override
public void run() {
String line = Main.ReadLn(128);
while (line != null) {
process(line);
line = Main.ReadLn(128);
}
}

private void process(String line) {

String[] data = line.split("\\s+");

if (data.length == 2) {
int low = Integer.parseInt(data[0]);
int high = Integer.parseInt(data[1]);
int max = low < high ? findMax(low, high) : findMax(high, low);
System.out.println(low + " " + high + " " + max);
}

}

private int findMax(int low, int high) {
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for (int i = low; i <= high; i++) {
int length = cycleLength(i);
if (length > max)
max = length;
}
return max;
}

private int cycleLength(int i) {

long n = i;
int length = 1;

while (n > 1) {
n = ((n & 1) == 0) ? n >> 1 : 3*n + 1;
length++;
}

return length;

}

}

// java program model from www.programming-challenges.com
class Main implements Runnable {
static String ReadLn(int maxLength) { // utility function to read from
// stdin, Provided by Programming-challenges, edit for style only
byte line[] = new byte[maxLength];
int length = 0;
int input = -1;
try {
while (length < maxLength) { // Read untill maxlength
input = System.in.read();
if ((input < 0) || (input == '\n'))
break; // or untill end of line ninput
line[length++] += input;
}

if ((input < 0) && (length == 0))
return null; // eof
return new String(line, 0, length);
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
return null;
}
}

public static void main(String args[]) { // entry point from OS
Main myWork = new Main(); // Construct the bootloader
myWork.run(); // execute
}

@Override
public void run() {
new myStuff().run();
}

}




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