Hi, Can anyone help me? print prime numbers.

[kelai]

The programme should ask user how many primes does he wants and print out the counts and primes.

My code is:

#include <stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int  is_prime(int n);

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#include "primes.h"

int   main(void)
{
   int  n, r, i = 1, primes, cnt = 0, how_many;

   printf("PRIMES WILL BE PRINTED. \n\n");
   printf("How many do you want to see? ");
   scanf("%d", &how_many);
   for (n = how_many; n > 0; --n){
        i++;
        r = is_prime(i);
      if(n > 0)
       if(r == 1){
       primes = i;
       ++cnt;
       printf("%8d%10d\n",cnt, primes);
     }
      
   }
   return 0;
}

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#include "primes.h"

int   is_prime(int n)
{
   int   k, limit;

   if (n == 2)
     return 1;
   if (n % 2 == 0)
     return 0;
   limit = n / 2;
   for(k = 3; k<= limit; k += 2)
     if(n % k == 0)
       return 0;
   return 1;
}

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for how_many = 9, I get:
1 2
2 3
3 5
4 7
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Can any one help me correct this code?
Many thanks.

[Adak]

Welcome to the forum, Kelai.

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[nonoob]

Looks like you're counting down no matter if it found a prime or not.
You want to decrement n only during a prime.

[kelai]

Looks like you're counting down no matter if it found a prime or not.
You want to decrement n only during a prime.

It's working fine now.
Many many many thanks.