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Factor Number To Variant Matrix Function
Math Arithmetic Class

Public Function FactorNumberToVariantMatrix( _
      ByRef rFC() As Variant _
    , ByVal vX As Variant _
    ) As Boolean

Factor a number, filling an array with a list of prime factors and their powers.

Example: 
    Assuming
       Dim avarFactors() As Variant
    for example
       FactorNumberToExpr(12345678) = "2*3^2*47*14593"
       FactorNumberToVariantMatrix(avarFactors(), 12345678) = True
    leaves
       LBound(avarFactors, 1) = 0
       UBound(avarFactors, 1) = 2
       LBound(avarFactors, 2) = 0
       UBound(avarFactors, 2) = 4
       avarFactors(1, 1) = 2
       avarFactors(2, 1) = 1
       avarFactors(1, 2) = 3
       avarFactors(2, 2) = 2
       avarFactors(1, 3) = 47
       avarFactors(2, 3) = 1
       avarFactors(1, 4) = 14593
       avarFactors(2, 4) = 1
See also: 
    FactorNumberToExpr Function
    FactorMatrixToExpr Function
rFC: The two-dimensional dynamic array of variants which will be filled with the prime factors of the number vX. This two-dimensional array represents a table where the first dimension is the column and the second dimension is the row. The prime factors are stored in column #1, rFC(1, X), and the count of that factor is stored in column #2, rFC(2, X), where X represents the sequence of the prime factor within the list of all prime factors.
vX: The number whose prime factors are to be calculated and copied into array rFC. Function returns False and reinitializes rFC to (0 to 2, 0 to 0) if vX is Null or cannot be fixed up to a number. Function returns Null if vX is not between 1 and 2,147,483,647 (MaxLong) inclusive.

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