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# PRIMES

The PRIMES function computes the first K prime numbers.

This routine is written in the IDL language. Its source code can be found in the file `primes.pro` in the `lib` subdirectory of the IDL distribution.

## Examples

To compute the first 25 prime numbers:

PRINT, PRIMES(25)

IDL prints:

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

## Syntax

Result = PRIMES(K)

## Return Value

The result is a K-element long integer vector.

## Arguments

### K

An integer or long integer scalar that specifies the number of primes to be computed.

## Version History

4.0 | Introduced