On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 22:05:16 +0000, Robert L. wrote:
>> Task
>>
>> Write a program which counts up from 1, displaying each number as the
>> multiplication of its prime factors.
>>
>> For the purpose of this task, 1 (unity) may be shown as itself.
>>
>>
>> Example
>>
>> 2 is prime, so it would be shown as itself. 6 is not prime;
>> it would be shown as 2 x 3
>> 2144 is not prime; it would be shown as 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 67
>
>
> require 'prime'
>
> puts " 1: 1" ; (2..23).each{|n|
> printf "%2d: %s\n", n,
> Prime.prime_division(n).map{|f,c| ([f]*c).join ' x '}.join(' x ')
> }
>
> 1: 1 2: 2 3: 3 4: 2 x 2 5: 5 6: 2 x 3 7: 7 8: 2 x 2 x 2 9: 3 x 3
> 10: 2 x 5 11: 11 12: 2 x 2 x 3 13: 13 14: 2 x 7 15: 3 x 5 16: 2 x 2 x 2
> x 2 17: 17 18: 2 x 3 x 3 19: 19 20: 2 x 2 x 5 21: 3 x 7 22: 2 x 11 23:
> 23
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