def findPrimesInRange (startnum, finishnum): """ This function finds all primes within a given positive integer range and returns them as a list """ #Initialize primes = [i for i in range(startnum, finishnum) if all(i%j for j in range(2,i)) and i >= 2] return primes #x, y = 60, 100 x, y = input('Enter range as positive integers x, y:\n') if x > y: print('x > y: Swapping endpoints\n') x, y = y, x #primes = findPrimesInRange(x, y) chunkstart = x chunkend = y increment = 10 primes = [] #I'd like to make this section a generic function for handling chunks sometime. while chunkstart < chunkend: if chunkstart + increment > y: chunkend = y #print(chunkstart,chunkend) moreprimes = findPrimesInRange(chunkstart, chunkend) #print('Foundprimes {0}'.format(moreprimes)) else: chunkend =chunkstart + increment #print(chunkstart,chunkend) moreprimes = findPrimesInRange(chunkstart, chunkend) #print('Foundprimes {0}'.format(moreprimes)) primes += moreprimes chunkstart = chunkend chunkend=y #print(chunkstart,chunkend) #print(primes) print('\nThere are {0} primes in range {1} - {2}\n'.format(len(primes),x,y)) for i in range(0,len(primes),increment): print(primes[i:i+increment])
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