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Prime number checker
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#retrive a number between 1 and another value - varUpper | |
varUpper = 100 | |
puts 'Welcome to Keith\'s Prime Number checker. Do you want to know if a number is prime? Please enter an integer between one and ' + varUpper.to_s + '.' | |
varTest = gets.chomp.to_i | |
if (varTest <= varUpper) and (varTest > 1) | |
puts 'Thank you. The number you have entered is ' + varTest.to_s + '.' | |
else | |
while (varTest > varUpper) or (varTest <= 1) | |
puts 'The number you have entered is not valid. Please enter another number.' | |
varTest = gets.chomp.to_i | |
end | |
end | |
puts varTest.to_s + ' will now be checked to see if it is a prime.' | |
#test | |
varDivisor = 2 | |
varModResult = 1 | |
until (varModResult == 0) or ((varDivisor == ((varTest/2)+1)) or (varDivisor > ((varTest/2)+1))) | |
varModResult = varTest % varDivisor | |
varDivisor += 1 | |
end | |
#result | |
if (varModResult == 0) | |
puts 'Test completed. ' + varTest.to_s + ' is not a prime number.' | |
else | |
puts 'Congratulations! ' + varTest.to_s + ' is a prime number!' | |
end |
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