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Generate an array containing the prime factorisation of a positive integer.

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function(
x // The positive integer to factorise
, i // An index
, r // The array of results
) {
r=[]; // Initialise the array
for(;x>=2;) { // Anything less than 2 should be ignored, since there is no valid prime factorisation other than the empty array
for(i=2;x%i;++i); // Starting at 2, we iterate, searching for a new factor. Note that a new factor is guaranteed to be prime, because any composite number has a prime factor less than it, which will have already been caught.
r.push(i); // When we find a factor, the loop terminates, and we append this value
x/=i // Run the whole thing again with the new factor removed
}
return r // Fin.
}
function(x,i,r){r=[];for(;x>=2;){for(i=2;x%i;++i);r.push(i);x/=i}return r}
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{
"name": "primeFactorisation",
"description": "Splits an integer into an array of its prime factors in ascending order.",
"keywords": [
"math",
"prime",
"factorization"
]
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>Prime Factorisation of Positive Integers</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>6857</b></div>
<div>Actual value: <b id="ret"></b></div>
<script>
// From Project Euler question 3
// The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
// What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?
var primeFactor = function(x,i,r){r=[];for(;x>=2;){for(i=2;x%i;++i);r.push(i);x/=i}return r}
document.getElementById( "ret" ).innerHTML = primeFactor(600851475143).slice(-1)[0];
</script>
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