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nodejs script to generate prime numbers
#!/usr/bin/env node
var fs = require('fs');
var outfile = "primes.txt";
var count = 0;
var maxCount = 100;
var primes = [];
var i = 2;
while(count<maxCount) {
if( isPrime(i) ) {
primes.push(i);
count++;
}
i++;
}
function isPrime (n)
{
if ( n%1 || n<2 ) return false;
var q = Math.sqrt(n);
for (var i = 2; i <= q; i++)
{
if (n % i === 0)
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
var result = primes.toString();
var out = result;
fs.writeFileSync(outfile, out);
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