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One more thing I'd like to do

I've got this program that inputs an integer and then outputs the prime factorization. Here is the code:

using System;



public class WhileLoop

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        int number;



        Console.Write("Enter an integer: ");

        number = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());



        for (int i = 2; i <= number;)

        {

            if (number % i == 0)

            {

                Console.Write(i + " * ");

                number = number / i;

            }



            else

                i++;

        }



        Console.WriteLine();

    }

}

I want the program to not only output the prime numbers, but I want to show the multiplication symbol between the numbers. But the problem is that I end up with one too many symbols. I've deduced that I need one less multiplication symbol than I have digits. So if there are 7 digits output, all I need is 6 symbols. If there are 4 digits output, all I need is 3 symbols. I want the output to look like this, say for the factorization of 20:

2 * 2 * 5

And like this for the factorization of 150:

2 * 3 * 5 * 5

I don't know how to do it though.

Well, if you stored it in a string, you could just chop off the last * symbol. Or I think you could just throw another if statement in there within the loop and current if statement. Have it check to see if you on the last loop , if so, write i instead of i + *. Will that work?

I'd need to see some specific code. I don't know what to write.

Wait. I think I got it figured out and it appears to be working. I did this:

if (number % i == 0)

{

    if (i == number)

       Console.Write(i);



    else

       Console.Write(i + " * ");

        number = number / i;

}