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#include <stdio.h>
 
// the highest prime number to check
// if this was 10, the prime numbers 2, 3, 5 and 7 would be found
#define MAX_PRIME 100
 
// this stores the prime numbers
int primes[MAX_PRIME];
 
// this is the number of primes found
int p_count = 2;
 
// this function finds the prime numbers
int prime_numbers(int max)
{
   bool bPrime, bSwitch = false;
   primes[0] = 2;
   primes[1] = 3;    
   for (int a = 5; a <= max; a+=2)
   {
       bPrime = true;
       for (int b = 0; b < p_count; b++)
       {
           if (primes[b] * primes[b] > a)
               break;
           if (!(a % primes[b]))
           {
               bPrime = false;
               break;
           }  
       }          
       if (bPrime)
           primes[p_count++] = a;
       if (bSwitch)
          a+=2;
       bSwitch = !bSwitch;
   }
}
 
// * example use - print all prime numbers found to the console * //
int main()
{
   prime_numbers(MAX_PRIME);
   for (int n = 0; n < p_count; n++)
       printf("%d, ", primes[n]);
}