# level 5:Gap in Primes(2019-11-29) ###### tags: `Codewars` `python` The prime numbers are not regularly spaced. For example from 2 to 3 the gap is 1. From 3 to 5 the gap is 2. From 7 to 11 it is 4. Between 2 and 50 we have the following pairs of 2-gaps primes: 3-5, 5-7, 11-13, 17-19, 29-31, 41-43 A prime gap of length n is a run of n-1 consecutive composite numbers between two successive primes (see: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeGaps.html). We will write a function gap with parameters: g (integer >= 2) which indicates the gap we are looking for m (integer > 2) which gives the start of the search (m inclusive) n (integer >= m) which gives the end of the search (n inclusive) In the example above gap(2, 3, 50) will return [3, 5] or (3, 5) or {3, 5} which is the first pair between 3 and 50 with a 2-gap. So this function should return the first pair of two prime numbers spaced with a gap of g between the limits m, n if these numbers exist otherwise nil or null or None or Nothing (depending on the language). In C++ return in such a case {0, 0}. In F# return [||]. In Kotlin return [] #Examples: gap(2, 5, 7) --> [5, 7] or (5, 7) or {5, 7} gap(2, 5, 5) --> nil. In C++ {0, 0}. In F# [||]. In Kotlin return[]` gap(4, 130, 200) --> [163, 167] or (163, 167) or {163, 167} ([193, 197] is also such a 4-gap primes between 130 and 200 but it's not the first pair) gap(6,100,110) --> nil or {0, 0} : between 100 and 110 we have 101, 103, 107, 109 but 101-107is not a 6-gap because there is 103in between and 103-109is not a 6-gap because there is 107in between. #### my code: <pre> def primeornot(number): tof = True for i in range(2,number): if number%i == 0: tof = False return tof def gap(g, m, n): beginnumber = 0 endnumber = 0 for i in range(m,n): if primeornot(i) == True: if beginnumber == 0: beginnumber = i elif endnumber == 0: endnumber = i else: beginnumber = endnumber endnumber = i if (endnumber-beginnumber == g): return[beginnumber, endnumber] return None </pre>