function for checking if a number is a prime number

primenumberchecker.ipynb

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      "99 is not a prime number\n",
      "3 x 33 = 99\n",
      "\n",
      "37 is a prime number\n",
      "\n",
      "19827371 is not a prime number\n",
      "397 x 49943 = 19827371\n",
      "\n",
      "192341234818 is not a prime number\n",
      "2 x 96170617409 = 192341234818\n",
      "\n",
      "15485863 is a prime number\n"
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    "def isPrime(number):\n",
    "    if number > 1:\n",
    "        is_prime = 1 #if is_prime ends up being equal to 1, the number is prime. \n",
    "        for n in range(2,number):\n",
    "            if((number % n) == 0):\n",
    "                is_prime -= 1 \n",
    "                print(number,\"is not a prime number\")\n",
    "                print(n,\"x\",number//n,\"=\",number)\n",
    "                break\n",
    "        if is_prime == 1:\n",
    "            print(number, \"is a prime number\")\n",
    "            \n",
    "#Some examples\n",
    "isPrime(99)\n",
    "print(\"\")\n",
    "isPrime(37)\n",
    "print(\"\")\n",
    "isPrime(19827371)\n",
    "print(\"\")\n",
    "isPrime(192341234818)\n",
    "print(\"\")\n",
    "isPrime(15485863)"
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