I'm having some trouble in completing this factor generator from my programming class. It's supposed to take a number, and print out all the factors using the nextFactor method. When I set the number to factor to let's say 150, it prints out "1 2 3 5", where it's supposed to print "2 3 5 5". So, where should I go from here? I've looked at Java - Factor Generator program nextfactor method, but it didn't awnser any of my inqueries
public class FactorGenerator
{
//user inputs int from scanner in FactorTester class
public FactorGenerator(int i)
{
num = i;
}
//Checks to see if num can be factored, but does not factor it.
//Goes through all possible factors of num and returns true if the remainder == 0
public boolean hasMoreFactors()
{
for(int i = 1; i < num; i++)
{
//check if the remainder is anything other then 0
if(num % i == 0)
{
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
//Actually factors num and prints out the factor at the end of every loop.
public void nextFactor()
{
for(int i = 1; i < num; i++)
{
//check if the remainder is anything other then 0
if(num % i == 0)
{
System.out.println(i);
num /= i;
}
}
System.out.println("Done.");
}
private int num;
}
try this factors can duplicate so you need to loop until you have extracted all the instances of that factor
public void nextFactor()
{
for(int i = 2; i <= num; i++)
{
//check if the remainder is anything other then 0
while (num >= i && num % i == 0)
{
System.out.println(i);
num /= i;
}
}
System.out.println("Done.");
}
an alternative way is to do the increment in the body of the loop
public void nextFactor()
{
for(int i = 2; i <= num;)
{
//check if the remainder is anything other then 0
if (num % i == 0)
{
System.out.println(i);
num /= i;
} else {
i++;
}
}
System.out.println("Done.");
}