Nth Prime

Find the nth prime number using primality testing.

Code

Algorithms
python3 -c "
def is_prime(x):
    if x < 2: return False
    for i in range(2, int(x**0.5) + 1):
        if x % i == 0: return False
    return True
count, num = 0, 1
while count < $n:
    num += 1
    if is_prime(num): count += 1
print(num)
"

Parameters

Position (1-indexed)

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