how find prime numbers

[BrahmanandaRao]

%let N = 100;
data posints;
 do n= 1 to &N.;
 output;
 end;	proc print;
run;

how to get prime numbers 

[FreelanceReinh]

Hi @BrahmanandaRao,

Not surprisingly, this question has been discussed several times in the Communities. Here's one of those threads:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Do-loop-and-mod-fuction/td-p/561261

[Kurt_Bremser]

Just implement the Sieve of Eratosthenes.

After almost 350 posts here, that should be an easy task for you.

Try it, and if your code does not work as expected, post it here.

[PeterClemmensen]

Two good references with code:

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2010/09/17/a-prime-number-sieve.html

https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0001a&L=SAS-L&D=0&X=F7C9F4903B9FB285DA&Y=pnclemmensen%40gm... (requires login)