Programming Examples
C Program to Check Whether a Number can be Expressed as Sum of Two Prime Numbers
Write a C Program to Check Whether a Number can be Expressed as Sum of Two Prime Numbers
Solution
#include <stdio.h>
int checkPrime(int n);
int main()
{
int n, i, flag = 0;
printf("Enter a positive integer: ");
scanf("%d", &n);
for (i = 2; i <= n / 2; ++i) {
// condition for i to be a prime number
if (checkPrime(i) == 1) {
// condition for n-i to be a prime number
if (checkPrime(n - i) == 1) {
printf("%d = %d + %d\n", n, i, n - i);
flag = 1;
}
}
}
if (flag == 0)
printf("%d cannot be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.", n);
return 0;
}
// function to check prime number
int checkPrime(int n) {
int i, isPrime = 1;
for (i = 2; i <= n / 2; ++i) {
if (n % i == 0) {
isPrime = 0;
break;
}
}
return isPrime;
}
Output
Enter a positive integer: 34
34 = 3 + 31
34 = 5 + 29
34 = 11 + 23
34 = 17 + 17