conf.design (version 2.0.0)

primes: Prime numbers

Description

Generate a table of prime numbers.

Usage

primes(n)

Arguments

n

A positive integer value, or vector or such values.

Value

A vector of all prime numbers less than the max(n).NB: 1 is not a prime number!

Side Effects

None

Details

Uses an elementary sieve method.

See Also

factorize

Examples

primes(1:50)
### [1]  2  3  5  7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47