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Find Factors of a Number()

Parameters: number: Int

An integer for which the factors are to be obtained

Returns: Array of Int, each being a prime factor of the input number

A simple function implemented in Swift, that takes an integer as input and returns a list of all factors of that integer. Great for programming beginners.

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Medium dificulty

A Swift Journey: Programming a Function to Determine the Factors of a Number

Hello esteemed programmer! Thank you for dropping by. This post will guide you on writing a Swift function to find factors of a number. Fret not, it'll be a smooth ride down the programming lane. We'll break it into consumable steps, easy to understand and follow. Rest assured, we'll keep it universal, no regional colloquialism or tech jargons. Happy coding!

Step 1: Understand the problem

We want to create a program that finds all the factors of a given number. In this case, we are using the Swift programming language. A 'factor' is an integer that can be evenly divided into another number. So, the first step in our program is to take an input number.

var number = 12

Step 2: Set up the loop structure

We'll use a loop to iterate over all the numbers from 1 to 'number' because the factor of a number can't be greater than the number itself. We'll use Swift's 'for-in' loop.

for i in 1...number { 
}

Step 3: The If condition

Within the loop we will add an 'if' condition to check if the number is divisible by 'i' (our current number in the iteration). If it is, we print 'i' because 'i' is a factor of our input number.

for i in 1...number { 
    if number % i == 0 { 
        print(i) 
    } 
}

Step 4: Function

If we want to repeatedly find the factors of different numbers, it's better to wrap this code in a function. Let's name the function 'findFactors'.

func findFactors(of number: Int) { 
    for i in 1...number { 
        if number % i == 0 { 
            print(i) 
        } 
    } 
}

Conclusion:

And that's it! You can now find all the factors of a number using Swift. Just invoke the function 'findFactors' and pass the number as an argument.

findFactors(of: 12)

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Factorization in Mathematics

Process of breaking down a number into its prime factors

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Mathematical principle

The principle used here is simple factorization, which is the decomposition of a number into a product of other smaller numbers. When these factors are multiplied together they result in the original number. It simplifies large numbers into their smallest components, which we call as factors.

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