#!usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; my $o = 2; print "enter upto what number you wish to generate the primes: "; my $e = ; my ($i,$j,$p); my @prime_=(); print "prime numbers are:\n"; for($i=$o; $i<=$e; $i++) { $p=0; for($j=1; $j<=$i; $j++) { if($i % $j== 0) { $prime_[$p] = "$j"; $p++; } if ($prime_[1] == $i) { print "$i\t"; } } } print"\n";