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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:40:50 +0200
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:15:58 +0000
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

> On 19/03/2025 01:38, DFS wrote:
> >=20
> > I'm doing these algorithm problems at
> > https://cses.fi/problemset/list/
> >=20
> > For instance: Weird Algorithm
> > https://cses.fi/problemset/task/1068 =20
>=20
> This is related to the Collatz Conjecture. What's weird is not=20
> mentioning it.

Thank you. Wikipedia article about Collatz Conjecture is a good reading.


>=20
>=20
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 len =3D strlen(result);
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 sprintf(result + len, "%d ", n); =20
>=20
> And what's odd here is collating the results in a string (especially=20
> when the possible number of steps is unknown). Why not just print it=20
> straight to the console?
>=20
>=20

OP got it further down the thread.