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Calculating Prime Quadruplets in Java
package primequads;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
/**
*
* @author trendsetter37
*
* prime quadruplets > 3 Take the form of {p, p+2, p+6, p+8} There should be 7
* PQs before you hit 2000
*
* We will use System's nanoTime() method to keep track of duration
*
*/
public class PrimeQuadruplets {
int s;
public PrimeQuadruplets() {
s = 2000;
}
public PrimeQuadruplets(int n) {
/* This overloaded constructor allows
* one to enter there own upper limit
* upon PrimeQuadruplet class instantiation*/
s = n;
}
int count = 0;
public List<Integer> pList = new ArrayList<>();
void primeAlgorithm() {
for (int x = 4; x < s; x++) {
// we are looking for prime quadruplets of the form
// {p, p+2, p+6, p+8}
int first = x;
int second = x + 2;
int third = x + 6;
int fourth = x + 8;
if (isPrime(x) && isPrime(x + 2) && isPrime(x + 6) && isPrime(x + 8)) {
pList.add(first);
// System.out.print(x + " ");
pList.add(second);
//System.out.print((x+2) + " ");
pList.add(third);
// System.out.print((x+6) + " ");
pList.add(fourth);
// System.out.print((x + 8) + " ");
System.out.println(first + " " + second
+ " " + third + " " + fourth
);
System.out.println(" ");
count++;
}
}
System.out.println(count + " Quadrupal Primes were found below " + s);
System.out.println();
System.out.println("There were " + pList.size() + " prime #'s added to the List!");
//listPrime();
}
boolean isPrime(int s) {
int n = s;
//check if int s is a multiple of 2
if (n % 2 == 0) {
return false;
}
//if not then just check the odds
for (int x = 3; x <= Math.sqrt(n); x += 2) {
if (n % x == 0) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
void listPrime() {
// list four at a time
//int o = pList.size();
int count = 1;
for (Integer c : pList) {
if (count % 4 != 0 && count != 0) {
System.out.print(c + " ");
} else {
System.out.print(c);
System.out.println(" ");
}
count++;
}
}
}
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