10001st Prime
January 04, 2020 • ☕️ 1 min read
By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13.
What is the 10 001st prime number?
const solutionSeven = () => {
const primeChecker = (num: number) => {
for (let index = 2; index < num; index++) {
if (num % index === 0) {
return null;
}
}
return num > 1;
};
const primeCount = 10001;
for (let index = 2, counter = 0; index !== 0; index++) {
if (primeChecker(index) !== null) {
counter++;
}
if (counter === primeCount) {
return index;
}
}
};