information logging using arrays or switch

i have my prime number program that takes an input number and breaks that number down into the prime numbers that create it. The switch along with the function is not responding the way i would like it too. I would like to try to use another array to store the information but i wouldn't know how to call on the array automatically for use of the information. eventually i would like to make this program into one that can factor an entire polynomial.
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using std::cin;
using std::endl;
void numberCounter(int);//hold values of each prime number
int i;
int counter2 = 0, counter3 = 0, counter5 = 0, counter7 = 0, counter11 = 0,        counter13 = 0, counter17 = 0, 
	 counter19 = 0, counter23 = 0, counter29 = 0, counter31 = 0, counter37 = 0, counter41 = 0, counter43 = 0,
	counter47 = 0, counter53 = 0, counter59 = 0, counter61 = 0, counter67 = 0, counter71 = 0;

int main()
{
	int number;
	int save = 0;	
	int saveArray[100];
	int primeArray[20] = { 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71 };//the prime numbers
		
	cout << "what number would you like to find the prime numbers to? " << endl;
	cin >> number;
	//while loop embedded in a for loop 
	//taking the modulus of each number starting from 2 if there is a remainder in the while
	//the program goes back to the for loop for a new prime number from the array
	for (i = 0;  i < 21; i++ ) {
		while ( number % primeArray[i] == 0) {
			number = number / primeArray[i];
			cout << primeArray[i] << ", ";
			saveArray[save] = primeArray[i];//previous attempt at putting each prime number in a new array 
			save += 1;
			numberCounter(save);//switch function with a list of all the values from the array.
		}
		}
	cout << number << endl;
	cout << counter2;
	
return 0;
}

void numberCounter(int i)
{

	switch(i)
			{
			
				
				case 0: 
					counter2 = counter2 + 1;
					break;
					
				case 1:
					counter3 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 2:
					counter5 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 3:
					counter7 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 4:
					counter11 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 5:
					counter13 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 6:
					counter17 += 1;
					break;

				case 7:
					counter19 += 1;
					break;

				case 8:
					counter23 += 1;
					break;

				case 9: 
					counter29 += 1;
					break;

				case 10:
					counter31 += 1;
					break;

				case 11:
					counter37 += 1;
					break;

				case 12:
					counter41 += 1;
					break;

				case 13:
					counter43 += 1;
					break;

				case 14:
					counter47 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 15:
					counter53 += 1;
					break;

				case 16:
					counter59 += 1;
					break;
		
				case 17:
					counter61 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 18:
					counter67 += 1;
					break;
				
				case 19:
					counter71 += 1;
					break;
			}

}

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