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prime

test to determine if a number is prime

Calling sequence

b = prime(n)

Arguments

n

positive integer or zero

b

%T (true) or %F (false)

Description

prime returns true (%T) if n is a prime number and false (%F) if not.

Examples

prime(24)
prime(71)

See Also

<< not_even Arithmetic prime_number >>