PrimeNumbers

Prime Numbers Generator

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'prime-numbers'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install prime-numbers

Usage

require 'prime-numbers'

# initialize a generator object with a strategy, let's say the "one liner", which uses
# this algorithm to find the prime numbers:
#      ('1' * number) !~ /^1?$|^(11+?)\1+$/
primes_generator = PrimeNumbers::Generator.new(:one_liner)

# or for a more performant strategy use
primes_generator = PrimeNumbers::Generator.new(:sieve_of_eratosthenes)

#then you can check for a specific prime number
prime_generator.is_prime? 947
=> true

# or for prime numbers within a range
prime_generate.generate 3500, 3540
=> [3511, 3517, 3527, 3529, 3533, 3539] 

# inverse ranges are supported
prime_generate.generate 3540, 3500
=> [3511, 3517, 3527, 3529, 3533, 3539] 

To Do

1. Add simplecov to the project, s.t. test coverage can be measure
2. Add prime number algorithms that can benefit from parallel computing:
   1. put all prime numbers that have to be checked in a queue for workers to analyze them
   2. take advantage of ruby 1.9.x fibers implementation
3. Add more prime number algorithms to the project.
4. Add Benchmarks to show the speed difference between Prime Number Algorithms

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request