everyutil/number/primeFactorization.js

A comprehensive library of lightweight, reusable utility functions for JavaScript and TypeScript, designed to streamline common programming tasks such as string manipulation, array processing, date handling, and more.

"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
exports.primeFactorization = void 0;
/**
 * Returns the prime factorization of a number as an array of prime factors.
 * For example, primeFactorization(60) returns [2, 2, 3, 5].
 * @author @dailker
 * @param {number} n - The number to factorize.
 * @returns {number[]} An array of prime factors.
 */
function primeFactorization(n) {
    const result = [];
    for (let i = 2; i <= Math.sqrt(n); i++) {
        while (n % i === 0) {
            result.push(i);
            n /= i;
        }
    }
    if (n > 1)
        result.push(n);
    return result;
}
exports.primeFactorization = primeFactorization;