# Prime number calculator

I am starting to learn Ruby.

This is pretty much the first thing I have coded. It's very simple; it's a prime number calculator. Since this is my first Ruby code, I would like some review on the following:

2. Is it done in the Ruby way (the way a Rubyist would have coded it)?
3. Adherence to Ruby naming conventions

What I am not looking for is a review on the prime number algorithm. I know there are more efficient ones out there.

File: prime_numbers.rb

class PrimeNumber
def is_prime_kata(number)
if number == 1 then return false end

max = Math.sqrt(number)

(2..max).any? do |i|
if number % i == 0 then return false end
end

true
end
end


File: prime_numbers_test.rb

require 'test/unit'
require 'set'
require_relative 'prime_numbers.rb'

def test_is_prime
primeNumbers = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97]

assert_equal(true, result)
end

assert_equal(false, result)
end
end
end

• first advice: 2-space indentation. Nov 27 '11 at 19:35

Minor things. I will leave your actual questions to proper "Rubyists". :)

## defensive programming

I would change the first condition to

return false if number <= 1


0 is not a prime number, and negative numbers aren't either.
Maybe I would also adapt the test to check these cases.

## brevity

if <condition> then <statement> end


can be written

<statement> if <condition>


, so you could write

return false if number == 1


and

return false if number % i == 0

• Thank you, this is exactly the kind of input I was looking for. Nov 4 '11 at 12:23
• I understand. But please note that I am just a beginner in Ruby as well. (Just an older beginner.) Nov 4 '11 at 13:18

Aiming at your questions, your naming conventions are good. However, in your test you tend to switch between camelCase and words_separated_by_underscores. I would suggest sticking to one or the other (we tend to use underscores). Your algorithm looks good and taking ANeves suggestions will make it look more "Ruby"ish.

However, I am going to suggest a much more efficient way of generating your prime numbers and none prime numbers in your Test. Instead of typing each prime number between 1 and 100 by hand into an Array, you could use the Array#Select method. It takes in an Enumerator, runs a given block against each item passed in, and returns an Array of only the items that return true.

prime_numbers = (1..100).select {|num| num.prime?}


This will given you the same Array you got by typing it all in manually. You can do the same for the none prime numbers.

non_prime_numbers = (1..100).select {|num| num unless num.prime?}


This'll return num only if it is not prime.

It'll save you a lot of typing and it will look more "Ruby"ish.

File: prime_numbers.rb

class PrimeNumbers
def self.prime_kata? number
n=number.floor
return false if n < 2
max=Math.sqrt(n).floor
(2..max).none?{|k| 0==n % k}
end
end


File: prime_numbers_test.rb

require 'mathn'
require 'test/unit'
require_relative 'prime_numbers'

LIMIT=100
def test_is_prime_or_not
primes=Prime.each(LIMIT).to_a
non_primes = (0.. LIMIT).to_a - primes
primes.    each{|k| assert    PrimeNumbers.prime_kata? k }
end
end


I'd write:

class PrimeNumber
def is_prime_kata(number)
return false if number == 1
max = Math.sqrt(number)
(2..max).all? { |x| number % x != 0 }
end
end