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Function getPrimesBetween

other/primelib.py:450–487  ·  view source on GitHub ↗

input: prime numbers 'pNumber1' and 'pNumber2' pNumber1 < pNumber2 returns a list of all prime numbers between 'pNumber1' (exclusiv) and 'pNumber2' (exclusiv)

(pNumber1, pNumber2)

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448# ---------------------------------------------------
449
450def getPrimesBetween(pNumber1, pNumber2):
451 """
452 input: prime numbers 'pNumber1' and 'pNumber2'
453 pNumber1 < pNumber2
454 returns a list of all prime numbers between 'pNumber1' (exclusiv)
455 and 'pNumber2' (exclusiv)
456 """
457
458 # precondition
459 assert isPrime(pNumber1) and isPrime(pNumber2) and (pNumber1 < pNumber2), \
460 "The arguments must been prime numbers and 'pNumber1' < 'pNumber2'"
461
462 number = pNumber1 + 1 # jump to the next number
463
464 ans = [] # this list will be returns.
465
466 # if number is not prime then
467 # fetch the next prime number.
468 while not isPrime(number):
469 number += 1
470
471 while number < pNumber2:
472
473 ans.append(number)
474
475 number += 1
476
477 # fetch the next prime number.
478 while not isPrime(number):
479 number += 1
480
481 # precondition
482 assert isinstance(ans,list) and ans[0] != pNumber1 \
483 and ans[len(ans)-1] != pNumber2, \
484 "'ans' must been a list without the arguments"
485
486 # 'ans' contains not 'pNumber1' and 'pNumber2' !
487 return ans
488
489# ----------------------------------------------------
490

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isPrimeFunction · 0.70

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