Misc #12675: Code simplification and readability for prime_division method in prime.rb

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• Priority: Normal
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[jzakiya (Jabari Zakiya)]

I believe the following code simplification for the prime_division
method in prime.rb makes it more readable as English, thus more
understandable, while also significantly more concise in terms of
lines-of-code (25 vs 16), and may I dare say, more idiomatic, and beautiful.

  def prime_division(value, generator = Prime::Generator23.new)
    raise ZeroDivisionError if value == 0
    if value < 0
      value = -value
      pv = [[-1, 1]]
    else
      pv = []
    end
    generator.each do |prime|
      count = 0
      while (value1, mod = value.divmod(prime)
             mod) == 0
        value = value1
        count += 1
      end
      if count != 0
        pv.push [prime, count]
      end
      break if value1 <= prime
    end
    if value > 1
      pv.push [value, 1]
    end
    pv
  end

  def prime_division(value, generator = Prime::Generator23.new)
    raise ZeroDivisionError if value == 0
    pv = value < 0 ? [[-1, 1]] : []
    value = value.abs
    generator.each do |prime|
      count = 0
      while (value1, mod = value.divmod(prime); mod) == 0 
        value = value1
        count +=1 
      end
      pv.push [prime, count] unless count == 0
      break if prime > value1
    end
    pv.push [value, 1] if value > 1                 
    pv
  end