FACTOR Function

FACTOR Function

Standard Library function that returns the prime factorization of an integer greater than 1.

Usage

result = FACTOR(i)

Input Parameters

i—An integer greater than 1.

Returned Value

result—Sorted vector of longs containing the prime factorization of i.

Keywords

a—If set, result contains all factors instead of just prime factors.

Examples

PM, FACTOR(12,/a)

; PV-WAVE prints:

;   1

;   2

;   3

;   4

;   6

;  12

PM, FACTOR(12)

; PV-WAVE prints:

;   2

;   2

;   3