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Re: FactorInteger Print Formatting

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  • Subject: [mg795] Re: FactorInteger Print Formatting
  • From: Allan Hayes <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:46:33 -0400

Here is a variant of Dave Wagner's [mg719] solution to AlanPowell's  
problem:
>>Could anyone suggest a neat way to reformat the output of
>>FactorInteger into a more usable print format?
>< details deleted >

It uses Block to temporarily hold evaluation; a trick that is quite  
often useful.

In[1]:=
	lst = FactorInteger[238500]
Out[1]=
	{{2, 2}, {3, 2}, {5, 3}, {53, 1}}
In[2]:=
	Block[{Times,Power},HoldForm@@{Times@@Apply[Power, lst,{1}]}]
Out[2]=
	 2  2  3   1
	2  3  5  53
In[3]:=
	FullForm[%]
Out[3]//FullForm=
	HoldForm[Times[Power[2, 2], Power[3, 2], Power[5, 3], 			
	Power[53, 1]]]
	

Module does not work

In[4]:=
	Module[{Times,Power},HoldForm@@{Times@@Apply[Power,lst,{1}]}]
Out[4]=
	Times$1[Power$1[2, 2], Power$1[3, 2], Power$1[5, 3], 	
	Power$1[53, 1]]
	
Allan Hayes
hay at haystack.demon.co.ok



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