To accomplish this task, checkPrime()
function is created.
The checkPrime()
returns 1 if the number passed to the function is a prime number.
Example: Integer as a Sum of Two Prime Numbers
fun main(args: Array<String>) { val number = 34 var flag = false for (i in 2..number / 2) { // condition for i to be a prime number if (checkPrime(i)) { // condition for n-i to be a prime number if (checkPrime(number - i)) { // n = primeNumber1 + primeNumber2 System.out.printf("%d = %d + %d\n", number, i, number - i) flag = true } } } if (!flag) println("$number cannot be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.") } // Function to check prime number fun checkPrime(num: Int): Boolean { var isPrime = true for (i in 2..num / 2) { if (num % i == 0) { isPrime = false break } } return isPrime }
When you run the program, the output will be:
34 = 3 + 31 34 = 5 + 29 34 = 11 + 23 34 = 17 + 17
Here's the equivalent Java code: Java Program to Repesent a Number as a sum of two numbers.