Learning to code.https://blacksky.community/profile/theucgeneralist.bsky.socialhttps://blacksky.community/profile/theucgeneralist.bsky.social/post/3mkckmlzj5s2b~4.1 You want to count the number of factors of 10^18. Which, as we saw, is going to take about 317 years to finish. So how do we do it? #Java #Algorithms #DataStructures [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:ni7wv4t5qgrk6vuciikxslxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkckmlzj5s2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/theucgeneralist.bsky.social/post/3mk6esjmh622b~3.1 The number of times the "for loop" executes here is equal to the input value, A. What that means is, if A is 10, the loop will execute 10 times. If A is 100, it will run 100 times and so on. Now this might not seem like a problem, but it can quickly become one.23 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:ni7wv4t5qgrk6vuciikxslxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6esjmh622bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/theucgeneralist.bsky.social/post/3mk5g7tz3ms2vHow do you count the number of factors of a given number? First, you start with the count being 0.23 Apr 2026 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:ni7wv4t5qgrk6vuciikxslxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5g7tz3ms2vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/theucgeneralist.bsky.social/post/3mk5cor3q5c2eA factor is a number that divides another evenly. The product is the result of multiplication. A common factor is a factor shared by two or more numbers. GCF is the largest factor shared by two numbers.23 Apr 2026 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:ni7wv4t5qgrk6vuciikxslxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5cor3q5c2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/theucgeneralist.bsky.social/post/3mk3rfv4y5c2sHello, world!22 Apr 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:ni7wv4t5qgrk6vuciikxslxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3rfv4y5c2s