John counts up from 1 to 13, and then immediately counts down again to 1, and then back up to 13, and so on, alternately counting up and down: 
What is the 
integer in his list?
+128407 Here's a very similar problem :
https://web2.0calc.com/questions/counting-problem_27
+128407 OK.....!!!!
We noted that the pattern repeated every 120 digits
So
5000 mod 120 = 80
Looking at what I posted before.....the 80th digit in the pattern = 9
So.....the 5000th digit = 9
The computer says the 5000th integer on list is 8:
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5000 8
