In article <aecf2132-05a9-4144-81a8-952bb435e...@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, mrholtsr <mrhol...@gmail.com> wrote: >I am absolutely new to python and barely past beginner in programming. >Also I am not a mathematician. Can some one give me pointers for >finding the 1000th. prime for a course I am taking over the internet >on Introduction to Computer Science and Programming. Thanks, Ray
OK, newbie soccer is over. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes Everything you need is in there. -- -Ed Falk, f...@despams.r.us.com http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list