#include<stdio.h>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int find(int a[],int num)
{
int low=0;
int high=8;
int mid=(low+high)/2;
while(a[mid]!=num)
{
if(high<=low)
return -1;
cout<<"high="<<high<<endl;
cout<<"low="<<low<<endl;
cout<<"mid="<<mid<<endl;
if(num>a[mid]) low=mid+1;
else high=mid-1;
mid=(high+low)/2;
}
/*while(high>=low)
{
cout<<"high="<<high<<endl;
cout<<"low="<<low<<endl;
cout<<"mid="<<mid<<endl;
if(a[mid]==num)return mid;
else if(a[mid]>num)high=mid-1;
else low=mid+1;
mid=(high+low)/2;
}*/
return mid;
}
void main()
{
int nums[10]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
int pos;
int num;
cin>>num;
pos=find(nums,num);
cout<<pos<<endl;
}