#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int n=0, huan=0;
while(scanf("%d", &n)!=EOF)
{
int cnt=0;
if(n==0)
break;
while(n>1)
{
huan = n / 3;
cnt += huan;
n = n % 3 + huan;
if(n==2)
{
cnt += 1;
break;
}
}
printf("%d\n", cnt);
}
return 0;
}