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Find largest prime factor (optimal)
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def get_largest_prime_factor(number): | |
prime_factors = [] | |
divisor = 1 | |
i = 1 | |
while(i <= number // divisor): # integer division | |
if number % i == 0: # if number is divisible by i | |
divisor = i # found a divisor, is used in line 5 to "short" the stop clause | |
if is_prime(divisor): # filter only prime divisors (factors) | |
prime_factors.append(divisor) | |
i += 1 | |
return prime_factors[-1] # get latest item in prime_factors list |
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