While loop into vector

I'm trying to make this function output into a vector on every loop so it stores the variable numbers into the vector but i'm struggling to do so.

function f = primefactors(m)
p=[]
    for x = 2;
        while m > 1
            if mod (m,x) == 0
                m=m/x
                fprintf('The Prime factors are: %d\n', x)
                
            else
                x = x+1;
                fprintf('  ')
            end
        end 
    end

[Stephen23]

Storing the output is easy, just use indexing to store the values in the output variable, e.g.:

function p = ...
p = []
...
   p(end+1) = x;
...

Note that

• m=m/x is unlikely to be useful.
• the for loop as you have written it is superfluous and can be replaced with x=2;
• you need to think about the while loop condition (e.g. consider what happens if m is any prime number), or use a for loop.

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

Example for storing values in a loop:

N = 10;
X = zeros(1,N);
k = 1;
while k <= N
    X(k) = k;
    k = k + 1; 
end

[St.John Rowell]

I've tried moving my code around thank you. Does this mean k = the vector of outputs?

function f = primefactors(m)

k=zeros(1,m);

x = 1;

while x <= m

if mod (m,x) == 0

m=m/x;

k(x) = x;

x=x+1;

fprintf('The Prime factors are: %d\n', x)

end

end

end