Consider the following number system. Calculate the prime factorization for each number n, then represent the prime factors in a vector like so:
13 11 7 5 3 2
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2: 1
3: 1 0
4: 2
5: 1 0 0
6: 1 1
12: 1 2
14: 1 0 0 1
18: 2 1
26: 1 0 0 0 0 1
60: 1 1 2Each "place" in the number system represents a prime number. Given n, return the vector p.
As shown above, if n = 26, then p = [1 0 0 0 0 1].
The input n is always an integer greater than 1. Suppress any leading zeros. The length of the vector is determined by the largest prime factor.
I think the explanation in the problem statement is a bit sparse. The numbers in the table do not represent prime numbers per se: they represent indices on prime numbers, whose ultimate product yields the value n.
See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeFactorization.html
The in-built function factors() was pretty helpful for this problem :)
tabulate code is not working. I got the correct results but I am getting error --"Undefined function 'tabulate' for input arguments of type 'double"
Tabulate could probably be made to work here, but I recall that Cody does not allow toolbox functions, and tabulate lives in the stats toolbox. I'd guess the logic is that not everyone has all toolboxes, so a solution that uses some tool that others cannot use would not be fair to those others.
Definitely used a bit of a work around in this one. Sorry for that!
great problem...
can't believe 'deblank' can be used in this way