// C version of a Prime Number Finder // haplo@mindstab.net #include #include #include int main(int argc, char ** argv) { unsigned int counter, max_test, tester; char isPrime; unsigned int MAX_NUM; if(argc < 2) { printf("primesc \n"); return 1; } else { MAX_NUM = atoi(argv[1]); } if(MAX_NUM < 1) { printf("Invalid MAX_NUM specified\n"); return 1; } for(counter =3; counter<= MAX_NUM; counter +=2) { max_test = (int) sqrt((double) counter); isPrime = 1; for(tester =3; tester <= max_test; tester += 2) { if(! (counter % tester)) { isPrime = 0; break; } } if(isPrime) printf("%d\n", counter); } return 0; }