The prime numbers are not regularly spaced. For example from 2 to 3 the gap is 1. From >3 to 5 the gap is 2. From 7 to 11 it is 4. Between 2 and 50 we have the following pairs >of 2-gaps primes: 3-5, 5-7, 11-13, 17-19, 29-31, 41-43
A prime gap of length n is a run of n-1 consecutive composite numbers between two >successive primes (see: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeGaps.html).
We will write a function gap with parameters:
g (integer >= 2) which indicates the gap we are looking for
m (integer > 2) which gives the start of the search (m inclusive)
n (integer >= m) which gives the end of the search (n inclusive)In the example above gap(2, 3, 50) will return [3, 5] or (3, 5) or {3, 5} which is the >first pair between 3 and 50 with a 2-gap.
So this function should return the first pair of two prime numbers spaced with a gap of >g between the limits m, n if these numbers exist otherwise `nil or null or None or >Nothing (or ... depending on the language).
gap(2, 5, 7) --> [5, 7] or (5, 7) or {5, 7}
gap(2, 5, 5) --> nil. In C++ {0, 0}. In F# [||]. In Kotlin, Dart and Prolog return []`
gap(4, 130, 200) --> [163, 167] or (163, 167) or {163, 167}
([193, 197] is also such a 4-gap primes between 130 and 200 but it's not the first pair)
題目理解:設計一函數給定一個差值g,找到範圍m~n之中,第一組符合此差值的兩相鄰質數並返還。
def prime_or_not(number):
'''檢驗number是否為質數,回傳布林值'''
for n in range(2,int(number**0.5+1)):
if number % n == 0: return False
return True
def gap(g, m, n):
#預設變數存儲前一個質數的值,預設為最小函數2
prime_pre = 2
for i in range(m,n+1):
if prime_or_not(i):
#若檢驗到質數,差值與前個質數恰為g則回傳
if i-prime_pre == g:
return [prime_pre,i]
else:
#若不符合則成為新的當前質數
prime_pre = i
return None
其中質數檢驗的函式設計,可以參考 Day 4