Prime Factors In C#

Question

I want to create a program in C# 2005 which calculates prime factors of a given input. i want to use the basic and simplest things, no need to create a method for it nor arr

Answer 1

This version lists all the factors as an explicit formula:

static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Please enter your integer (0 to stop): ");

        int a = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        while(a>0)
        {
            List primeFactors = PrimeFactors(a);
            LogFactorList(primeFactors);
            a = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Goodbye.");
    }


    /// 

    /// Find prime factors
    /// 
    public static List PrimeFactors(int a)
    {
        List retval = new List();
        for (int b = 2; a > 1; b++)
        {               
            while (a % b == 0)
            {
                a /= b;
                retval.Add(b);
            }               
        }
        return retval;
    }

    /// 

    /// Output factor list to console
    /// 
    private static void LogFactorList(List factors)
    {
        if (factors.Count == 1)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} is Prime", factors[0]);
        }
        else
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 0; i < factors.Count; ++i)
            {
                if (i > 0)
                {
                    sb.Append('*');
                }
                sb.AppendFormat("{0}", factors[i]);
            }
            Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
        }
    }