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Created July 4, 2013 10:55
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#!/usr/bin/env node
console.log("Calculating first 100 prime numbers.\n")
var primes = [];
var findPrime = function(primes, check) {
for (i = 0; i < primes.length; i++) {
if (check % primes[i] == 0) {
return false;
}
if (primes[i] + 1 > check / 2) {
return true;
}
}
};
var fmt = function(arr) {
return arr.join(",");
};
var lastCheck = 2;
primes.push(lastCheck);
// hack to check only odd numbers
lastCheck--;
while (primes.length < 100) {
lastCheck++;
lastCheck++;
rez = findPrime(primes, lastCheck);
if (rez) {
primes.push(lastCheck);
}
}
var fs = require('fs');
fs.writeFileSync('primes.txt', fmt(primes));
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