User Commands  - factors (1)

NAME
factors(1f) - [NUMBERS] display prime factors of numbers (LICENSE:PD)

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options
Examples
Author
License

SYNOPSIS
factors [NUMBER]... factors -start N -end M

DESCRIPTION
Print the prime factors of each specified integer NUMBER. If none are specified on the command line, read them from standard input.

Typically, the numbers must be positive integers where

2 <= NUMBER <= (2**31)-1 or 2147483647.

OPTIONS
-start N
  if specified factor a range of numbers starting with this value. If -end is specified defaults to 2.
-end M if specified factor a range of numbers ending with this value. If -start is specified defaults to huge(0).
--help display this help and exit
--version
  output version information and exit
--verbose
  verbose output

EXAMPLES
Sample Usage: 

  factors 512
  512: 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2


  factors 512 -verbose
  512 factors as (2**9)


  factors 202023 2147483647 -verbose
  202023 factors as (3**2)*22447
  2147483647 IS A PRIME NUMBER


  factors -start 2 -end 12 -verbose
  2 IS A PRIME NUMBER
  3 IS A PRIME NUMBER
  4 factors as (2**2)
  5 IS A PRIME NUMBER
  6 factors as 2*3
  7 IS A PRIME NUMBER
  8 factors as (2**3)
  9 factors as (3**2)
  10 factors as 2*5
  11 IS A PRIME NUMBER
  12 factors as (2**2)*3

AUTHOR
John S. Urban

LICENSE
Public Domain

Nemo Release 3.1 factors (1) February 23, 2025
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