Factor Combination

By | January 25, 2016
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leetcode 254. Numbers can be regarded as product of its factors. For example,
8 = 2 x 2 x 2;
= 2 x 4.
Write a function that takes an integer n and return all possible combinations of its factors.

Note:
Each combination’s factors must be sorted ascending, for example: The factors of 2 and 6 is [2, 6], not [6, 2].
You may assume that n is always positive.
Factors should be greater than 1 and less than n.

Examples:
input: 1
output:
[]

input: 37
output:
[]

input: 12
output:
[
[2, 6],
[2, 2, 3],
[3, 4]
]

input: 32
output:
[
[2, 16],
[2, 2, 8],
[2, 2, 2, 4],
[2, 2, 2, 2, 2],
[2, 4, 4],
[4, 8]
]

Solution. Each time, put a factor in list. But the factor we put should be equal to or greater than the last one we put in. The end condition is when n is 1.

Check my code on github: link