euler/e007.py
Correl Roush 12c5dd7875 Documented each exercise, and placed executable code in a main() function.
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"""Find the 10001st prime.
By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13.
What is the 10001st prime number?
"""
import math
def is_prime(n):
if n == 1:
return False
if n < 4:
return True
if n % 2 == 0:
return False
if n < 9:
return True
if n % 3 == 0:
return False
r = math.floor(math.sqrt(n))
f = 5
while f <= r:
if (n % f == 0) or (n % (f + 2) == 0):
return False
f = f + 6
return True
def primes(max_count = 0, max_value = 0):
if not max_count and not max_value:
raise Exception('There must be a constraint on how many primes to return!')
primes = [2]
i = 1
while (not max_count or len(primes) < max_count) \
and (not max_value or i < max_value):
i = i + 2
if is_prime(i):
primes.append(i)
return primes
def main():
print '6th Prime', primes(6)[-1]
print '10001st Prime', primes(10001)[-1]
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()