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Python | sympy.prime() method

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With the help of sympy.prime() method, we can find the nth prime, with the primes indexed as prime(1) = 2, prime(2) = 3, etc.
Syntax: prime(n) Parameter: n - It denotes the nth prime number. Returns: Returns the nth prime number.
Example #1: Python3
# import sympy 
from sympy import prime

n = 5

# Use prime() method 
nth_prime = prime(n) 
    
print("The {}th prime is {}".format(n, nth_prime))  
Output:
The 5th prime is 11
Example #2: Python3
# import sympy 
from sympy import prime

n = 23

# Use prime() method 
nth_prime = prime(n) 
    
print("The {}rd prime is {}".format(n, nth_prime))        
Output:
The 23rd prime is 83

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