solution: ProjectEuler-007 (#1142)

* 📦 NEW: Added solution for ProjectEuler-007

* 🐛 FIX: Spelling mistake fixes

* 👌 IMPROVE: changed variable name from `inc` to `candidateValue` and thrown error in case of invalid input

* 👌 IMPROVE: Modified the code

Co-authored-by: Omkarnath Parida <omkarnath.parida@yocket.in>
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import { PrimeCheck } from '../Maths/PrimeCheck.js'
/**
* Find nth Prime Number
*
* P.S.(Project Euler - 007):
* By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13.
* What is the 10001st prime number?
*
* @param {Number} n
* @returns {Number} returns the nth prime number
*/
export const nthPrime = (n) => {
if (n < 1) {
throw new Error('Invalid Input')
}
let count = 0
let candidateValue = 1
while (count < n) {
candidateValue++
if (PrimeCheck(candidateValue)) {
count++
}
}
return candidateValue
}