Primality by trial division
Primality by trial division
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
Write a boolean function that tells whether a given integer is prime. Remember that 1 and all non-positive numbers are not prime.
Ruby
def prime(a) if a==2 return true end if a<=1 || a%2==0 return false end d=3 while d <= Math.sqrt(a) do if a%d==0 return false end d+=2 end return true end
Java
public static boolean prime(long a){ if(a == 2){ return true; }else if(a <= 1 || a % 2 == 0){ return false; } for(long n= 3; n <= (long)Math.sqrt(a); n+= 2){ if(a % n == 0){ return false; } } return true; }