/**
* William Smolinski
* 11/8/21
* Prime Number List assignment, determines all prime numbers from 1 - 100 and outputs to a file
*/
import java.io.*;
public class WFS_PrimeNumberList
{
public static void main(String[] args)throws IOException
{
//Declares the PrintWriter for the output file
PrintWriter outputFile = new PrintWriter("PrimeNumbers.txt");
//Calls the isPrime method for all numbers up to 100 and prints the prime numbers in the output file
for(int i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
{
if(isPrime(i))
{
outputFile.println(i);
}
}
//Closes the output file
outputFile.close();
//Lets the user know the program executed successfully
System.out.println("Prime numbers printed successfully");
}
/**
* isPrime method dtermines whether a number is prime or not
* @param num the number that is checked to see if it is prime
* @return returns the result as a boolean
*/
public static boolean isPrime(int num)
{
//One is not a prime number
if(num == 1)
{
return false;
}
//If a number is even it is not prime except for 2
if(num % 2 == 0 && num != 2)
{
return false;
}
//Determines all odd numbers up to the square root of num and tests if num is evenly divisible by them
for(int i = 3; i * i <= num; i += 2)
{
if(num % i == 0)
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}