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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

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