Tuesday 19 February 2013

Prime number calculator


import java.util.Scanner;
//Start of class PrimeNumbers
public class PrimeNumbers {
/** Static boolean method that checks if an integer number is prime 
      * or not and returns true or false correspondingly
      */
static boolean checkNumber(int number){
     //for loop for checking integer numbers
        for(int i=2;i<number;i++){
            //if statement returning false if a number 
            //has not a remainder after division with number 2
            if(number%i==0) { 
                 return false; 
                }
             }
            return true;
          }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
            int num;
            Scanner scanNumber= new Scanner(System.in);
            System.out.print("Please enter a number: ");
            //Reads an integer value
            num=scanNumber.nextInt();
            //if-else statement to check if the entered number is negative 
            if (num<0){
                //if statements executed if entered number is negative
                System.err.println("Error!You inserted a negative number");
                System.err.println("The program will now exit");
                //Terminates the program
             System.exit(0);
            }
            //else statements executed if the entered number is not negative
             else {
                //Boolean variable for storing checkNumber method's variables
                // and checks if a number is prime or not
                boolean prime=checkNumber(num);
                //if checkNumber method returns true
                if (prime==true){
                    System.out.println("Is prime");
                }
                //if checkNumber method returns false
                 else{
                     System.out.println("Is not prime");
                     }
                System.out.println("Prime numbers <= entered number are:");
                 //for loop for checking all entered numbers
                 for(int i = 2; i <= num; i++ ){
//prime variable set to true
                    prime = true;
                    //for loop for checking and printing prime 
                    //numbers between 2 and the entered number
                    for(int j=2; j <= i/2; j++) {
                        //if statement that sets prime variable as false 
                        //if the number is not prime
                        if (i%j == 0){
                        prime = false;
                        }
                      }
                 //If statement that is executed not only if a number is prime
                 if (prime){
//Displays numbers seperated by a comma
                   System.out.print(i+",");
                   }
                } 
            }
        }

//End of class PrimeNumbers