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--ProjectEuler/lua/Problem3.lua
--Matthew Ellison
-- Created: 02-04-19
--Modified: 06-19-20
--The largest prime factor of 600851475143
--All of my requires, unless otherwise listed, can be found at https://bitbucket.org/Mattrixwv/luaClasses
--[[
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]]
require "Stopwatch"
require "Algorithms"
local timer = Stopwatch:create();
timer:start();
TARGET_NUMBER = 600851475143;
--Get the factors of the number
local factors = getFactors(TARGET_NUMBER);
timer:stop();
--The largest number will be the answer
--Print the results
print("The largest prime factor of " .. TARGET_NUMBER .. " is " .. factors[#factors]);
print("It took " .. timer:getSeconds() .. " seconds to run this algorithm");
--[[Results:
The largest prime factor of 600851475143 is 6857
It took 1.612 seconds to run this algorithm
]]