Question

I attempt problem 2 and got it to run by using the range function but finding the 1000th prime number is what i have troubles with. Do i have to add another branch to get the 1000th prime number part? Also for the range do is there a way to put infinity so the computer can keep going until it reached 1000th or is there no way?

Answer 1

Post your code

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Answer 2

You may use looping constructs to find the 1000th prime

Answer 3

you could re-structure your code to use a while loop instead of a for loop.
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/introduction.html#first-steps-towards-programming

it helps to write down what you want to do first.
something like:
while number_of_primes_found < 1000
find another prime
increment number_of_primes_found
return or print the last prime that was found

Answer 4

I generated all odd numbers through 8000, then tested weather they were prime keeping count until 1000.

Answer 5

sorry for the late response everyone who post but here is the code
Thank all of you for the help and time