/*
 * Created: *** put the date here ***
 * 
 * Author: *** put your name here ***
 * 
 * Program to compute Hailstone series.
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Lab5
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Fill in the body
    }

    // Given a Scanner in, this method (repeatedly, if necessary)
    // prompts the user to enter a positive integer, inputs the 
    // integer, and if it is positive returns it. Otherwise, is
    // keeps asking the user for a positve integer.
    private static int getStartingValue(Scanner in)
    {
        // Fill in the body

        // Do not declare the Scanner variable in this method.
        // You must use the value this method receives in the
        // argument (in).
    }

    // Given a positive starting value x, this method generates the
    // corresponding Hailstone series and returns the length of the
    // series (i.e., how many steps it takes before the series hits 1).
    private static int computeLength(int x)
    {
        // Fill in the body
    }

    // Given a positive starting value x, this method generates the
    // corresponding Hailstone series and returns the maximum value
    // in the series (i.e., the largest value it generates before
    // the series hits 1).
    private static int computeMax(int x)
    {
        // Fill in the body
    }

    // Given the starting value, the length, and the max value in a
    // Hailstone series, this method outputs them with appropriate
    // messages.
    private static void outputResults(int start, int length, int max)
    {
        // Fill in the body
    }
}