#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int n;
	while(cin>>n,n)
	{
		int s=0;
		while(n>=3)
		{
			s+=n/3;
			n=n/3+n%3;
		}
		if(n==2)
		{
            s++;
		}
		cout<<s<<endl;
	}
	return 0; 
}

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	int n;
	while(cin>>n,n)
	{
		int ans=0;
		while(n>=3)
		{
			ans+=n/3;
			n=n/3+n%3;
		}
		if(n==2) ans++;
		cout<<ans<<endl;
	}
	return 0;
}

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int n;
	while(cin>>n,n)
	{
		int s=0;
		while(n>=3)
		{
			s+=n/3;
			n=n/3+n%3;
		}
		if(n==2)
		{
            s++;
		}
		cout<<s<<endl;
	}
	return 0; 
}

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#include<bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; int main() { int n; while(cin>>n,n) { int ans=0; while(n>=3) { ans+=n/3; n=n/3+n%3; } if(n==2) ans++; cout<<ans<<endl; } return 0; }