C program for prime number

Prime number program in c language

#include<stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
   int n, i = 3, count, c;
 
   printf("Enter the number of prime numbers required\n");
   scanf("%d",&n);
 
   if ( n >= 1 )
   {
      printf("First %d prime numbers are :\n",n);
      printf("2\n");
   }
 
   for ( count = 2 ; count <= n ;  )
   {
      for ( c = 2 ; c <= i - 1 ; c++ )
      {
         if ( i%c == 0 )
            break;
      }
      if ( c == i )
      {
         printf("%d\n",i);
         count++;
      }
      i++;
   }
 
   return 0;
}

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C program for prime number or not

#include<stdio.h>
 
main()
{
   int n, c = 2;
 
   printf("Enter a number to check if it is prime\n");
   scanf("%d",&n);
 
   for ( c = 2 ; c <= n - 1 ; c++ )
   {
      if ( n%c == 0 )
      {
         printf("%d is not prime.\n", n);
  break;
      }
   }
   if ( c == n )
      printf("%d is prime.\n", n);
 
   return 0;
}

C program for prime number using function

#include<stdio.h>
 
int check_prime(int);
 
main()
{
   int n, result;
 
   printf("Enter an integer to check whether it is prime or not.\n");
   scanf("%d",&n);
 
   result = check_prime(n);
 
   if ( result == 1 )
      printf("%d is prime.\n", n);
   else
      printf("%d is not prime.\n", n);
 
   return 0;
}
 
int check_prime(int a)
{
   int c;
 
   for ( c = 2 ; c <= a - 1 ; c++ )
   { 
      if ( a%c == 0 )
  return 0;
   }
   if ( c == a )
      return 1;
}

There are many logic to check prime numbers, one given below is more efficient then above method.
for ( c = 2 ; c <= (int)sqrt(n) ; c++ )
Only checking from 2 to square root of number is sufficient.
There are many more efficient logic available.