Assignment 2 - Question6.java

package com.company;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.Math;
import java.io.*;

public class Main 
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
        		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.print("Enter the number: ");
		long number = scanner.nextLong();
		int count = 0; 
		if (number <= 1) 
		{
			System.out.println("Please enter a number larger than 1.");
		}

	while (number != 1) 
	{
		if ((number % 2) == 0) 
		{
			long evenNum = number;
			long halfNum = (evenNum / 2);
			System.out.println(evenNum + " is even, so I take half: " + halfNum);
			number = halfNum;
		} 
		else 
		{
			long oddNum = number;
			long tripleOne = ((3 * number) + 1);
			if(tripleOne>Integer.MAX_VALUE)
			{
				System.out.println("Integer Overflow Detected!!!");
				return;
			}
			System.out.println(oddNum + " is odd, so I make 3n+1: " + tripleOne);
			number = tripleOne;
		}
		count++; 
	}
	System.out.println("You've reached the number 1, I'm stopping.");
	System.out.println("The process took " + count + " steps to reach 1.");
	}
}