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nth prime number
nthprime(n)
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nthprime(n) returns the nth prime number. nthprime acts element-wise on array inputs.
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Find the 223rd prime number.
nthprime(223)
ans = 1409
For large prime numbers, return exact symbolic integers by using symbolic input.
n = sym(223222222); nthprime(n)
ans = 4738278383
Find the 10th, 100th, and 1000th prime numbers.
n = [10 100 1000]; nthprime(n)
ans = 29 541 7919
Generate a random prime number between the 100,000th and 200,000th prime numbers.
rng default % for reproducibility range = [100000 200000]; nthprime(randi(range))
ans = 2476423
Input, specified as a number, vector, matrix, array, or a symbolic number or array. n must be a positive integer.
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