Saturday, December 28, 2013

WACP to find whether number is prime or not.

Logic for prime number in c

We will take a loop and divide number from 2 to number/2. If the number is not divisible by any of the numbers then we will print it as prime number.


Example of prime numbers : 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199 etc.

int main(){
    int num,i,count=0;
    printf("Enter a number: ");
    scanf("%d",&num);
    for(i=2;i<=num/2;i++)
    {
        if(num%i==0)
        {
         count++;
         break;
        }
    }
   if(count==0 && num!= 1)
        printf("%d is a prime number",num);
   else
      printf("%d is not a prime number",num);
   return 0;
}

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