gistfile1.txt

#include<stdio.h>

int length=1;

int cycle(int i){
    int n;
    for(n=i;n>=1;){
        if(n=1)
        break;

        if(n%2==0)
        {
            n=n/2;
            length++;
        }
        else
        {
            n=3*n+1;
            length++;
        }
    }
    return length;
}

int main()
{
    int a,b,max,min,i,x,max_length=0;

    while(scanf("%d%d",&a,&b)==1){
        if(a>b){
            max=a;
            min=b;
        }
        else{
            max=b;
            min=a;
        }

        for(i=min;i<=max;i++){
            x= cycle(i);
            if(max_length<x)
            max_length=x;

        }

        printf("%d %d %d\n",min,max,max_length);

    }
    return 0;
}