Number of iterations before a repeated value, or -1 if this never occurs, when starting at k = 1 and repeating k = k*n if k does not contain any adjacent equal digits, else k = k with all adjacent equal digits replaced by a single copy of the same digit.

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Number of iterations before a repeated value, or -1 if this never occurs, when starting at k = 1 and repeating k = k*n if k does not contain any adjacent equal digits, else k = k with all adjacent equal digits replaced by a single copy of the same digit.