/* Prime number generator, run as:
**
** bc primes.b
**
** requires gnu bc
*/
ignore = scale(0);
define primes (low, high) {
auto p, i;
if (low < 5) low = 5;
if (low % 2 == 0) low = low - 1;
if (high % 2 == 0) high = high + 1;
print "\nPrimes from ", low, " to ", high, "\n";
for (p=low; p <= high; p += 2) {
isprime = 1;
for (i = 2; i < (p/2); i++) {
if ((p % i) == 0) {
isprime = 0;
break;
}
}
if (isprime) print "\t", p, "\n";
}
}
print "\nSpecify bottom of range (eg 20): ";
bot = read();
print "Specify top of range (eg 90): ";
top = read();
ignore = primes(bot, top);
quit