import { cache } from "./cache.ts";

export default getKth;
function getKth(lo: number, hi: number, k: number): number {
    const arr = Array(hi - lo + 1)
        .fill(0)
        .map((_, i) => i + lo);

    arr.sort((a, b) => {
        const w1 = getWeight(a);
        const w2 = getWeight(b);

        return w1 === w2 ? a - b : w1 - w2;
    });

    return arr[k - 1];
}
const getWeight = cache(function (x: number): number {
    if (x === 1) {
        return 0;
    }
    if (x % 2) {
        return getWeight(x * 3 + 1) + 1;
    } else {
        return getWeight(x / 2) + 1;
    }
});