java - Problems with prime number generator, using ArrayList -
i have been having heck of time trying make prime number generator work. it's supposed list first 100 primes, sieving means either cheating , looking artificial limit composites, or creating bunch of needless arrays of composite numbers.
just dividing , testing, i've tried using simple array of primes , testing against them, left array empty , returning "x/0" errors. arraylist lets me expand array needed, i've had trouble getting test loop work. it's point variables gibberish in head , i'm changing values @ random. can point out concept went wrong?
public static void main(string[] args) { arraylist<integer> primes = new arraylist<>(); int testnum = 1; while (primes.size() < 100) { (int index = 0; index <= testnum; index++) { if ((testnum % primes.get(index)) == 0) primes.add(testnum); } testnum++; } system.out.println("the first 100 prime numbers are:"); (int index = 0; index < 100; index++) system.out.println((index + 1) + ": " + primes.get(index)); }
}
fixed: saleem khan. had mess upper limit , few other things working , printing right.
arraylist<integer> primes = new arraylist<integer>(); int testnum; int index; (index = 1; index <= 1000; index++) //index counts 100 primes { int factors = 0; (testnum = index; testnum >= 1; testnum--) { if (index % testnum == 0) { factors = factors + 1; } } if (factors == 2) { primes.add(index); } } system.out.println("the first 100 prime numbers are:"); (int prime = 0; prime < 100; prime++) { system.out.print((prime + 1) + ": "); system.out.println(primes.get(prime)); } }
edit: deleted erroneous code @ 20 , 21
hi use code , problem logic.
public static void main(string[] args) { int = 0; int num = 0; list<integer> primes = new arraylist<integer>(); (i = 1; <= 100; i++) { int counter = 0; (num = i; num >= 1; num--) { if (i % num == 0) { counter = counter + 1; } } if (counter == 2) { primes.add(i); } } system.out.println("the first 100 prime numbers are:"); for(int prime : primes) { system.out.println(prime); } }
you cant value empty list, throw indexoutofboundexception
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