Module:Factorization/sandbox

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This module displays the factorization of a given number. Numbers smaller than 2 or greater than 2^53-1 return "Error: <number> out of range". Fractional numbers are rounded down.

Parameters

• The first unnamed parameter is the number
• product - the symbol to be used to indicate times. Defaults to ·
• prime - set to any value to have prime numbers return an unformatted link to prime instead of the number

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local p = {}

local function powerformat(divisor, power, productSymbol)
	if power < 1      then return ''
    elseif power == 1 then return divisor .. ' ' .. productSymbol .. ' '
    else return divisor .. '<sup>' .. power .. '</sup> ' .. productSymbol .. ' '
    end
end

function p.factor(frame)
	local number = tonumber(frame.args[1])
    if number == nil then
    	return '<strong class="error">Error: input not recognized as a number</strong>'
    end
    number = math.floor(number)
    if number < 2 or number > 2^53-1 then
        return '<strong class="error">Error: ' .. number .. ' out of range</strong>'
    end

    local result = ""
    local currentNumber = number
    local power
    local divisor = 2
    local productSymbol = frame.args['product'] or '·'
    -- Attempt factoring by the value of the divisor
    -- divisor increments by 2, except first iteration (2 to 3)
    while divisor <= math.sqrt(currentNumber) do
        power = 0
        while currentNumber % divisor == 0 do
            currentNumber = currentNumber / divisor
            power = power + 1
        end

		-- Concat result and increment divisor
		-- when divisor is 2, go to 3. All other times, add 2
		result = result .. powerformat(divisor, power, productSymbol)
        divisor = divisor + (divisor == 2 and 1 or 2)
    end

    if currentNumber ~= 1 then
        result = result .. currentNumber .. ' ' .. productSymbol .. ' '
    end

    local primeLink = frame.args['prime'] and true
    if currentNumber == number and primeLink then
        return '[[prime number|prime]]'
    end

    result = string.sub(result,1,-4)

    return mw.text.trim(result)
end

return p