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This is a small program to check if a number is a prime or not.
It might not be the most efficient or comprehensive one, but its small size makes up for that (in my opinion, at least :).
If you want a more complete (and seven times larger) program there's an excellent one for the HP-67 in this library that should be easily portable.
Usage:
Enter the number you want to test in the X register and start the program.
If the number returned is the same as the number entered, it's a prime.
Otherwise the number it's divisible by will flash in the display. The resulting quotient will be placed in the Y register.
Note: The number 2 is an exception. It will incorrectly be recognized as a non-prime. I didn't think it was worth the memory space to sort out this "bug". Everyone knows 2 is the only even prime, right? :)
It should also be noted that this program could be way more efficient by using primes as divisors instead of *all* odd numbers sequentially (and 2 initially).
Again, this would use up a lot of memory and my goal was to make as small a program as possible and still maintain fairly good efficiency.
Also, as one of the major drawbacks of the HP-15c is its slow speed, large numbers will take time. E.g. the prime 15,485,863 takes about half an hour to complete...
Registers used:
R0: Test value.
R1: Incrementing divisor.
R2: DSE register. Only real purpose is to change
divisor increment from "1" to "2" after first loop.
R3: √ of test value. Reference value for ending loop.
Line Instr. Display 000 001 LBL E 42,21,15 002 STO 0 44 0 003 √x 11 004 STO 3 44 3 005 2 2 006 STO 1 44 1 007 STO 2 44 2 008 LBL 0 42,21,0 009 RCL 0 45 0 010 RCL 1 45 1 011 ÷ 10 012 ENTER 36 013 INT 43 44 014 x=y? 43,30,5 015 GTO 2 22 2 016 RCL 3 45 3 017 x>y? 43,30,7 018 GTO 1 22 1 019 DSE 2 42,5,2 020 GTO 3 22 3 021 2 2 022 LBL 4 42,21,4 023 STO + 1 44,40,1 024 GTO 0 22 0 025 LBL 3 42,21,3 026 1 1 027 GTO 4 22 4 028 LBL 2 42,21,2 029 RCL 1 45 1 030 SF 9 43,4,9 031 RTN 43 32 032 LBL 1 42,21,1 033 RCL 0 45 0 034 RTN 43 32
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