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Problem creating factorize method for generating Prime Numbers
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Hello. I am having a problem generating the prime numbers from user input. The problem lies in the factorize method. I think I am really close to getting this to work, but I cannot seem to figure out the last detail that I need to include. Can anyone help? Thank you.
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import java.util.*; public class PrimeFactors { public PrimeFactors() { int number = 0; while(number != -1) { number = readIntFromUser(); if(isPrime(number)) { System.out.println(number+" is a prime!"); } else { System.out.println(number+"'s prime factors are: "+factorize(number)); } } System.out.println("Bye!"); } public Set<Integer> factorize(int number) { Set<Integer> primeFactors = new TreeSet<Integer>(); int div = 2; while (number > 1) //WHILE number is more than one { if ( div % number ==0) { primeFactors.add(new Integer(div)); number = number / div; } else div++; //increase 'div' by one } return primeFactors; } public boolean isPrime(int number) { int root = (int)Math.sqrt(number); for(int i = 2; i <= root; i++) { if(number%i == 0) { return false; } } return true; } public int readIntFromUser() { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Please enter a number, -1 to terminate:" ); return scanner.nextInt(); } public static void main(String[] args) { new PrimeFactors(); } }
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