[Tutor] RE: Prime Numbers

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Brett, Ike, Gerrit, Timothy (sorry, if I have left anyone out):

Thank you all for replying to my query - in truth, I have to confess it w=
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far more info than I needed, but was useful in a number of ways:

1. It helped me realise that the algorithm that I was trying to draft som=
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working code to figure out primes was *hopelessly* inadequate to the task=
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required
2. It helped me realise that actually a simple sounding problem (find the=
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prime numbers between 1 and 28, for e.g. ) is actually a seemingly very=20
complex problem
3. I don't feel too bad about not being able to work it out myself given =
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fairly sophisticated (from my perspective) code that you folk fed back to=
 me
4. There is - as always - still so much to learn, and that I will revisit=
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problem when I have a clearer understanding of what is required and how t=
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think through the terms of the problem.
5. And, thank you for the code snippets: I file these away for later revi=
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and I am happy to be able to report that I am obviously learning more tha=
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realise since the code no longer looks entirely like a strange Martian=20
dialect.

Once again - thanks, and so, till next time ... all the best

Andrew