#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; ######## sub is_prime { my $num = shift; my $x = 2; my $on = 0; while ($num > $x) { if ( $num % $x == 0 ) { $on = 1; last; } $x++; } return 'False' if $num <= 2; if ($num > 2) { if (! $on) { return 'True'; }elsif($on) { return 'False'; } } } sub largest_prime_factor { my $i = 2; my $num = shift; my $large_prime = 0; my $prime_factors = []; my $factors = []; while ($i <= $num - 1) { if ($num % $i == 0 ) { push @$factors, $i; } $i++; } $i = 0; while ( $i <= scalar(@$factors) - 1) { my $a = is_prime($factors->[$i]); if ($a eq 'True') { push @$prime_factors, $factors->[$i]; } $i++; } $i = 0; while ($i <= scalar(@$prime_factors) - 1) { if ($prime_factors->[$i] > $large_prime) { $large_prime = $prime_factors->[$i]; } $i++; } return $large_prime; } print largest_prime_factor(20), "\n"; print largest_prime_factor(13195), "\n"; print largest_prime_factor(600851475143), "\n";