Euler Solution Project # 3 (Java): Debugging
I recently started work on Project Euler and I have completed the code for issue # 3. The challenge is to find the largest prime factor of a large number (600851475143). I have completed the Java code, but I have a debugging problem.
Here is the link .
When I try to run it, it returns this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 1, Size: 1
at java.util.ArrayList.rangeCheck(ArrayList.java:653)
at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:429)
at main.main(main.java:24)
This is my code:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
long n = 600851475143L;
int factor = 1;
List<Integer> factors = new ArrayList<Integer>();
List<Integer> pfactors = new ArrayList<Integer>();
int position = 0;
int testn = 1;
while (factor <= n) {
if (n % factor == 0) {
factors.add(factor);
factor++;
}
else {
factor++;
}
while (position <= factors.size()) {
while (factors.get(position) >= testn) {
if (factors.get(position) % testn == 0 && testn != 1 && testn != factors.get(position)) {
position++;
}
else {
pfactors.add(factors.get(position));
position++;
}
}
}
int length = pfactors.size();
System.out.println(pfactors.get(length));
}
}
}
I don't want a solution to the problem, just a way to fix the error.
List indices are in the range [0, size - 1]. So your condition while
should be position < factors.size()
instead position <= factors.size()
. Otherwise, factors.get(position)
discards IndexOutOfBoundsException
as soon as position
equal factors.size()
.