euler/haskell/e003.hs
2011-10-11 13:02:51 -04:00

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Haskell

{-
Find the largest prime factor of a composite number.
The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?
-}
import Text.Printf
pfactor :: (Integral a) => a -> [a]
pfactor n = pfactor_ n [] 2
pfactor_ n factors start =
let next = pfactor_next n start in
if n == next
then n:factors
else pfactor_ (n `div` next) (next:factors) next
pfactor_next :: (Integral a) => a -> a -> a
pfactor_next n last
| n <= last = n
| otherwise = head (filter (\x -> n `rem` x == 0 || n == x) [last..n])
main = do
printf "Largest prime factor of 13195: %d\n" (head (pfactor 13195) :: Integer)
printf "Largest prime factor of 600851475143: %d\n" (head (pfactor 600851475143) :: Integer)