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"""Prime Check."""
import math
import unittest
def is_prime(number: int) -> bool:
"""Checks to see if a number is a prime in O(sqrt(n)).
A number is prime if it has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
>>> is_prime(0)
False
>>> is_prime(1)
False
>>> is_prime(2)
True
>>> is_prime(3)
True
>>> is_prime(27)
False
>>> is_prime(87)
False
>>> is_prime(563)
True
>>> is_prime(2999)
True
>>> is_prime(67483)
False
"""
# precondition
assert isinstance(number, int) and (
number >= 0
), "'number' must been an int and positive"
if 1 < number < 4:
# 2 and 3 are primes
return True
elif number < 2 or number % 2 == 0 or number % 3 == 0:
# Negatives, 0, 1, all even numbers, all multiples of 3 are not primes
return False
# All primes number are in format of 6k +/- 1
for i in range(5, int(math.sqrt(number) + 1), 6):
if number % i == 0 or number % (i + 2) == 0:
return False
return True
class Test(unittest.TestCase):
def test_primes(self):
self.assertTrue(is_prime(2))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(3))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(5))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(7))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(11))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(13))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(17))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(19))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(23))
self.assertTrue(is_prime(29))
def test_not_primes(self):
self.assertFalse(
is_prime(-19),
"Negative numbers are excluded by definition of prime numbers.",
)
self.assertFalse(
is_prime(0),
"Zero doesn't have any positive factors, primes must have exactly two.",
)
self.assertFalse(
is_prime(1),
"One only has 1 positive factor, primes must have exactly two.",
)
self.assertFalse(is_prime(2 * 2))
self.assertFalse(is_prime(2 * 3))
self.assertFalse(is_prime(3 * 3))
self.assertFalse(is_prime(3 * 5))
self.assertFalse(is_prime(3 * 5 * 7))
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()