Problem Statement

Write a program which counts up from   1,   displaying each number as the multiplication of its prime factors. For the purpose of this task,   1   (unity)   may be shown as itself.

2   is prime,   so it would be shown as itself.       6   is not prime;   it would be shown as

2 × 3

{\displaystyle 2\times 3}

. 2144   is not prime;   it would be shown as

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 67

{\displaystyle 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 67}

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Let's start with the solution:

F get_prime_factors(=li)
   I li == 1
      R ‘1’
   E
      V res = ‘’
      V f = 2
      L
         I li % f == 0
            res ‘’= f
            li /= f
            I li == 1
               L.break
            res ‘’= ‘ x ’
         E
            f++
      R res

L(x) 1..17
   print(‘#4: #.’.format(x, get_prime_factors(x)))
print(‘2144: ’get_prime_factors(2144))