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# Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
#
# This file is part of Octave.
#
# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
# later version.
#
# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
# for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
function retval = list_primes (n)
# usage: list_primes (n)
#
# List the first n primes. If n is unspecified, the first 30 primes
# are listed.
#
# The algorithm used is from page 218 of the TeXbook.
if (nargin > 0)
if (! is_scalar (n))
error ("list_primes: argument must be a scalar");
endif
endif
if (nargin == 0)
n = 30;
endif
if (n == 1)
retval = 2;
return;
endif
if (n == 2)
retval = [2; 3];
return;
endif
retval = zeros (1, n);
retval (1) = 2;
retval (2) = 3;
n = n - 2;
i = 3;
p = 5;
while (n > 0)
is_prime = 1;
is_unknown = 1;
d = 3;
while (is_unknown)
a = fix (p / d);
if (a <= d)
is_unknown = 0;
endif
if (a * d == p)
is_prime = 0;
is_unknown = 0;
endif
d = d + 2;
endwhile
if (is_prime)
retval (i++) = p;
n--;
endif
p = p + 2;
endwhile
endfunction