sub is_prime { my $num = shift; return if $num == 1; # 1 is not prime die "usage: is_prime(NATURAL NUMBER)" unless $num =~ /^[1-9][0-9]*$/; for my $div (2 .. sqrt $num) { return if $num % $div == 0; } return 1; } my @numbers = 1 .. 20; print join ";", grep { is_prime($_) } @numbers;