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Is there a VB program out there (that I can edit, if necessary) that calculates all prime numbers in a given range?

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  • : Is there a VB program out there (that I can edit, if necessary) that calculates all prime numbers in a given range?
    :

    Such a program shouldn't be to hard to make?
    Now I don't directly know of an efficient algorithm, but a very simple slow one would be to check for every number if it divides in a whole number. Once it does, you know it's not a prime number, given that you don't divide it by one or itself.

    Should be simple right?

    Greets...
    Richard

  • : Is there a VB program out there (that I can edit, if necessary) that calculates all prime numbers in a given range?

    Here's something I just hacked out in Python and translated to VB.

    [code]
    Public Function IsPrime(ByVal lngNum As Long) As Boolean
    Const kstrProcedureName = "IsPrime"

    Dim blnReturnValue As Boolean
    Dim i As Long

    'smallest prime is 2
    If lngNum < 2 Then
    blnReturnValue = False
    GoTo ProcedureExit
    End If

    '2 is prime
    If lngNum = 2 Then
    blnReturnValue = True
    GoTo ProcedureExit
    End If

    'even numbers above 2 are not prime
    If lngNum Mod 2 = 0 Then
    blnReturnValue = False
    GoTo ProcedureExit
    End If

    'look for numbers that evenly divide our candidate
    For i = 3 To lngNum
    If i * i > lngNum Then
    'if we passed the square root of the candidate without finding
    'an even divsion then the candidate is prime
    blnReturnValue = True
    GoTo ProcedureExit
    ElseIf lngNum Mod i = 0 Then
    'if we found a number that evenly divides our candidate then it is
    'NOT prime
    blnReturnValue = False
    GoTo ProcedureExit
    End If
    Next i

    'just in case
    blnReturnValue = True

    ProcedureExit:
    On Error Resume Next
    IsPrime = blnReturnValue
    Exit Function

    ProcedureError:
    MsgBox Err.Source & ":" & vbCrLf & Err.Description, vbCritical, kstrProcedureName

    End Function
    [/code]


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