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Prime number Script Problem
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I was creating a script to find prime numbers, I finally figured out how to do it without errors, and nothing printed. Though clearly in the function it says to print the number when it finds it. Can anyone help with this problem?

wrong = 0
primelist = [2]
check = 0
number = 3
def PrimeFinder():
   global check
   global number 
   global wrong
   for i in primelist:
       if number % i == 0 or number % 2 == 0:
           check += 1
           wrong += 1
           if check == len(primelist):
               number +=1
               check = 0
               wrong = 0
               PrimeFinder()
       else:
           check += 1
           if check == len(primelist) and wrong == 0:
               primelist.append(number)
               number = number + 1
               check = 0
               wrong = 0
               print(number)
               PrimeFinder()
           elif len(primelist):
               number += 1
               check = 0
               wrong = 0
               PrimeFinder()
       
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Messages In This Thread
Prime number Script Problem - by Codezters - Jul-21-2017, 01:19 AM
RE: Prime number Script Problem - by Larz60+ - Jul-21-2017, 01:26 AM
RE: Prime number Script Problem - by Codezters - Jul-21-2017, 01:38 AM
RE: Prime number Script Problem - by Larz60+ - Jul-21-2017, 01:31 AM
RE: Prime number Script Problem - by Larz60+ - Jul-21-2017, 03:07 AM

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