#! /usr/bin/perl #prime_number.pl use warnings; use strict; print "To what number would you like to calculate the primes?", "\n"; my $n = <>; my $i = 3; print "1 2 "; #keep executing search until the num ($i) reaches given value ($n) OUTER: while ($i <= $n) { #for each iteration, begin division by 2 my $num = 2; #check to see if value is prime for (1 .. $i){ if (($i % $num == 0) and ($i != $num)) { #if not, check next num $i++; next OUTER; } if ($num > sqrt($i)) { print "$i"; $i++; next OUTER; } $num++; } }