how to make a function that take an integer as input and return ture if this prime otherwise false

Hi everyone; I am going to attempt that question: Write a function myprime that takes n, a positive integer, as an input and returns true if n is prime or returns false otherwise. Do not use the isprime or primes or factor built-­‐in functions. Hint: you can use the rem or fix functions. I am using that code

function prime=myprime(n)
a=abs(n);
i=1;
while i<a
    if rem(a,i)~=0
        prime='TURE';
    else
        prime='FALSE';
    end
    i=i+1;
end
end

and getting error

      Feedback: Your function made an error for argument(s) 2

      Your solution is _not_ correct.

Guide me where i need corrections in my code. Thanks in advance for assistance..

[B.k Sumedha]

Y cant u try with isprime() function in matlab

[Muhammad Usman Saleem]

yes i am bound to not use build in function @ B.k

[Ryan Livingston]

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Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

function p = myprime(n)
p = n-nnz(rem(n,1:n)) == 2;

[Muhammad Usman Saleem]

@Andrei thanks for contributions... Please mark comments in 2nd line of your code so that i can understand what is actual manipulating here

[Andrei Bobrov]

a = rem(n,1:n) % determining the remainder of division n on a series of numbers 1: n
b = nnz (a); % the number of divisions with remainder
out = n-2 == b;  % condition for prime number

Answer 2

[B.k Sumedha]

function result = isprime2(number)
number=5;
result=true;

%%check if number is a nonnegative integer
if floor(number)~=number || number<0
    result=false;
    return
end

%%check if number can be divided by another integer
for k=2:(number/2)
    if rem(number,k)==0
        result=false;
        return
    end
end

Returns 1 if the number isprime and returns 0 if the number is not prime.

[Muhammad Usman Saleem]

@B.k Sumedha thanks for contribution i am now using that code

function result = myprime(n)
n=5;
result=true;
if floor(n)~=n || n<0
    result=false;
    return
end
for k=2:(n/2)
    if rem(n,k)==0
        result=false;
        return
    end
end

but when i test this code i got an error

Feedback: Your function performed correctly for argument(s) 2
    Feedback: Your function performed correctly for argument(s) 3
    Feedback: Your function made an error for argument(s) 4

      Your solution is _not_ correct.

Answer 3

[charu sharma]

For number n being prime, if it is divisible by any of the numbers from 2 to n/2 then it is not prime so you just need to check the divisibility till n/2. MATLAB uses 0 or 1 in place of false and true. You can refer this too for less time complexity: http://farzicoders.blogspot.in/2015/08/write-function-myprime-that-takes-n.html