collatz

collatz

public static string collatz(string input)
{
    int current = 0;
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input) || !int.TryParse(input, out current) || current < 1) {
        return "Empty, not a number or less then 1";
    }
    int max = current;
    while (current > 1) {
        if (current % 2 == 0) {
            current = current / 2;          // current reassigned
            if (current > max)
                max = current;
            if (current != 1)
                input = input + " " + current.ToString();
            if (current == 1) {
                input = input + " " + current.ToString();
                input = input + " largest number was " + max;

            }
        } else {
            if (current == 1) {
                input = input + " " + current.ToString();
                input = input + " largest number was " + max;
            }
            current = (3 * current) + 1;
            if (current > max)
                max = current;
            input = input + " " + current.ToString();
        }
    }
    return input;
}