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function isPrime(number) {
// If your browser doesn't support the method Number.isInteger of ECMAScript 6,
// you can implement your own pretty easily
if (typeof number !== 'number' || !Number.isInteger(number)) {
// Alternatively you can throw an error.
return false;
}
if (number < 2) {
return false;
}
if (number === 2) {
return true;
} else if (number % 2 === 0) {
return false;
}
var squareRoot = Math.sqrt(number);
for(var i = 3; i <= squareRoot; i += 2) {
if (number % i === 0) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
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