using System;

public static class Kata
{
	public static int Reverse(int num)
	{
		int result = 0;

		while (num > 0)
		{
		   result = result*10 + num%10;
		   num /= 10;
		}

		return result;
	}

	public static int palindromeChainLength(int n)
	{
		if(checkPalindrome(n.ToString()))
			return 0;

		int i = 0;

		while(!checkPalindrome(n.ToString()))
		{
			i++;

			n += Reverse(n);
		}

		return i;
	}

	public static bool checkPalindrome(string n)
  {
    if(n.Length == 1 || n.Length == 0)
			return true;

		for(int i = 0; i < n.Length ; i++)
			if(n[i] != n[n.Length - 1 - i])
				return false;

		return true;
  }
}