{smcl} {* 2nov2005}{cmd:help primes} {hline} {title:Title} {p2colset 5 19 21 2}{...} {p2col :{hi: primes} {hline 2 }}Generating prime numbres{p_end} {p2colreset}{...} {title:Syntax} {p 8 15 2} {cmd:primes #, clear} {title:Description} {pstd} {opt primes} creates a dataset containing the prime numbers up to the specified number. Note that {opt clear} is a required option, as {opt primes} destroys the dataset currently in memory. {title:Example} {phang}{cmd:. primes 20, clear}{p_end} {phang}{cmd:. list}{p_end} {txt} {c TLC}{hline 7}{c TRC} {c |} {res}prime {txt}{c |} {c LT}{hline 7}{c RT} 1. {c |} {res} 2 {txt}{c |} 2. {c |} {res} 3 {txt}{c |} 3. {c |} {res} 5 {txt}{c |} 4. {c |} {res} 7 {txt}{c |} 5. {c |} {res} 11 {txt}{c |} {c LT}{hline 7}{c RT} 6. {c |} {res} 13 {txt}{c |} 7. {c |} {res} 17 {txt}{c |} 8. {c |} {res} 19 {txt}{c |} {c BLC}{hline 7}{c BRC} {title:See also} {browse "http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeNumber.html":Prime numbers at MathWorld} {title:Contributed by} Stas Kolenikov, skolenik at gmail.com