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		MathMonkeyMan on Jan 15, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Test if a number is even Better to use TCP, but I like your approach.

belter on Jan 15, 2025 [–]

- Attempt to factor your integer n into primes...

- Once you have the complete prime factorization, check whether 2 is among its prime factors...

- If 2 is a factor, it’s even; if not, odd.

TZubiri on Jan 16, 2025 | [–]

It's just 2 lines of code, therefore it's fast.

Also I only use the step over command in the debugger

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