Thread: determining if a # is prime

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    determining if a # is prime

    see the topic

    nothing too advanced... im only up to looping. if statements and variables

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    There was a good thread on this topic last week. please search the board

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    isn't a prime an even number? so then it's divisible by 2...

    if(number%2==0){//If the number is divisible by 2 it will have a remainder of 0 and thus we call it prime, if it has a remainder then we call it (I forget the term)
    }
    else //everthing else, not prime numbers
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    Originally posted by OneStiffRod
    isn't a prime an even number? so then it's divisible by 2...

    if(number%2==0){//If the number is divisible by 2 it will have a remainder of 0 and thus we call it prime, if it has a remainder then we call it (I forget the term)
    }
    else //everthing else, not prime numbers
    No.

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    Originally posted by OneStiffRod
    isn't a prime an even number? so then it's divisible by 2...

    if(number%2==0){//If the number is divisible by 2 it will have a remainder of 0 and thus we call it prime, if it has a remainder then we call it (I forget the term)
    }
    else //everthing else, not prime numbers
    Prime numbers are numbers that are only be divisible by 1 and themself.

    Anyway, that thread is right here
    http://www.cprogramming.com/cboard/s...ighlight=prime
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