program to print prime numbers

[spring sun]

hi every body
this is my first post in this wonderfull web site
i'm a biggener in c++ and i have a q

i want to do a function that determines whether a number is prime and then use this function in a program that prints all the prime numbers between 1 and 10000

this is what i done and the result is wrong ... i don't know why

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int z;
bool prime(int x)
{
	
	for(int i=2;i<x,i>x;i++)
	{
		 z=x%i;
		if(z==0)
			return false;
		break;
	}
	while (z)
		return true;
}
int main()
{
	

	int k=0;
	for(int i=0;i<=10000/2;i++)
	{
	
		bool y=prime(i);
		if(i)
			cout<<i<<" is prime"<<endl;
			else
			cout<<i<<" is not prime "<<endl;
	}
		return 0;
	}

what do u think ?

[spring sun]

hint:
a integer is said to be prime if it is divisible by only 1 and itself
for example 2,3,5 and 7 are prime but 4,6,8 and 9 are not

[Sky Diploma]

for(int i=2;i<x,i>x;i++)

(i<x,i>x)
doesnt make sense to the compiler.
i guess you should use the (||) meaning "OR".

[spring sun]

thnxxx
but the result still wrong

[ddanbe]

for(int i=2;i<x,i>x;i++) is wrong! Use for(int i=2;i<x;i++)

while (z)
return true;
is wrong! When you come to this point in your code you know you have a prime so why not just use return true;
Btw. in your for loop you don't have to test all the way to x. It is sufficient to test just to the square of x. But that may be a bit too high tech for the moment. Try to figure it out if you can, why that is so.

[siddhant3s]

>>Btw. in your for loop you don't have to test all the way to x. It is sufficient to test just to the square of x.
He meant the square-root and not the square of x. ( must be a typo)

To the OP,
The suggestion of ddanbe is the most valuable here. Read it thoroughly.
As you told ( and we fully agree) you are beginner in C++. Also, the problem which you are doing is very popular and standard. I would suggest you to look a good code that determines if a number is prime or not and learn from it.
This advice would not be given to one who had not tried. As you did, and are nearly on the right track, you should perhaps study someones code.

Regarding the main() function, why are printing even those number which are not prime? You should check if a number is prime or not ( by using the function you wrote) and print it only if it is prime, else don't

[ddanbe]

Thanks siddhant3s for pointing that out! Because english is not my native language I sometimes get the two mixed up. It has to be square root of course!

[WaltP]

In your main() , look carefully at your if statement...

[spring sun]

thnxxx
your posts r all helpfull
thnxxx again

[tux4life]

Maybe this code snippet might be helpful too :) ...

[technology]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>

//*************************************************
//skips even numbers and only checks squared values
//reduces the loop size runtime
//*************************************************

int IsPrime(long number);

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
	long n;
   printf("Enter number to check for primality:");
   scanf("%ld",&n);
	if(IsPrime(n)) {
   	printf("Number is a prime\n");
   } else {
      printf("Number is not a prime\n");
   }

   int c;
   printf("Press any key to continue..");
   c = getch();
}

int IsPrime(long number) {
    long i;

    i =2;

    if (number == 2) {
       return 1;
    }

    if (number % i == 0) return 0;
    for (i=3; (i*i)<=number; i+=2) {
        if (number % i == 0) return 0;
    }
    return 1;
}