Rust Sum primes

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The goal today is to write a function that returns the sum of all prime numbers up to a limit. We will do this in two steps: first we're going to write an isPrime function that checks wether or not a number is prime, and then the actual sumPrimes function.

Check if a number is prime

Write an isPrime function that takes an i32 number as parameter and returns true if this number is prime, false if it isn't.

Reminder: A prime number:

Can only be divided by 1 and itself
Is greater than 1

Write the isPrime function

Sum all primes

Write a sumPrimes function to sum all prime numbers up to the parameter limit included. Copy you isPrime function from the last assignment to make use of it

Write the sumPrimes function

pub fn is_prime(number: i32) -> bool {
    println!("The number is {}", number);
    
    return true;
    // For demo purposes:
    /*
    for i in 2..(number / 2 + 1) {
        if number % i == 0 {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return number > 1;
    */
}
pub fn sum_prime(limit: i32) -> i32 {
    println!("The limit is {}", limit);
    return 0;
    // For demo purposes:
    /*
    let mut sum = 0;
    
    for x in 2..(limit+1) {
        if is_prime(x) {
            sum += x;
        }
    }
    return sum;
    */
}

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