Code for finding the 1000th prime

[Stefan Behnel]

Robert P. J. Day, 15.11.2009 15:44:
> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, mrholtsr wrote:
> 
>> I am absolutely new to python and barely past beginner in programming.
>> Also I am not a mathematician. Can some one give me pointers for
>> finding the 1000th. prime for a course I am taking over the internet
>> on Introduction to Computer Science and Programming. Thanks, Ray
> 
>   it's 7919.

Now, all that's left to do is write a prime number generator (a random
number generator will do, too, but writing a good one isn't easy), run it
repeatedly in a loop, and check if the returned number is 7919. Once it
compares equal, you can print the result and you're done.

Stefan