help primes

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Title

    primes --     Generating prime numbres


Syntax

        primes #, clear


Description

    primes creates a dataset containing the prime numbers up to the specified
    number. Note that clear is a required option, as primes destroys the
    dataset currently in memory.

Example

    . primes 20, clear
    . list

     +-------+
     | prime |
     |-------|
  1. |     2 |
  2. |     3 |
  3. |     5 |
  4. |     7 |
  5. |    11 |
     |-------|
  6. |    13 |
  7. |    17 |
  8. |    19 |
     +-------+



See also
Prime numbers at MathWorld

Contributed by
Stas Kolenikov, skolenik at gmail.com