A prime number is a positive integer which can be divided by only 1 and itself. For instance: 2 , 3, 5 , 7, 11, 13, 17 …
code of the program
#include <stdio.h> int main() { int n, i, flag = 0; printf("Enter a positive integer: "); scanf("%d", &n); for (i = 2; i <= n / 2; ++i) { // condition for non-prime if (n % i == 0) { flag = 1; break; } } if (n == 1) { printf("1 is neither prime nor composite."); } else { if (flag == 0) printf("%d is a prime number.", n); else printf("%d is not a prime number.", n); } return 0; }
Enter a positive integer: 29
29 is a prime number.