Truncatable primes

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Truncatable primes
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A truncatable prime is a prime number that when you successively remove digits from one end of the prime, you are left with a new prime number.


Examples

The number 997 is called a left-truncatable prime as the numbers 997, 97, and 7 are all prime.

The number 7393 is a right-truncatable prime as the numbers 7393, 739, 73, and 7 formed by removing digits from its right are also prime.

No zeroes are allowed in truncatable primes.


Task

The task is to find the largest left-truncatable and right-truncatable primes less than one million (base 10 is implied).


Related tasks


See also



Ada

<lang Ada> with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO; with Ada.Containers.Ordered_Sets;

procedure Truncatable_Primes is

  package Natural_Set is new Ada.Containers.Ordered_Sets (Natural);
  use Natural_Set;
  Primes : Set;
  
  function Is_Prime (N : Natural) return Boolean is
     Position : Cursor := First (Primes);
  begin
     while Has_Element (Position) loop
        if N mod Element (Position) = 0 then
           return False;
        end if;
        Position := Next (Position);
     end loop;
     return True;
  end Is_Prime;
  function Is_Left_Trucatable_Prime (N : Positive) return Boolean is
     M : Natural := 1;
  begin
     while Contains (Primes, N mod (M * 10)) and (N / M) mod 10 > 0 loop
        M := M * 10;
        if N <= M then
           return True;
        end if;
     end loop;
     return False;
  end Is_Left_Trucatable_Prime;
  function Is_Right_Trucatable_Prime (N : Positive) return Boolean is
     M : Natural := N;
  begin
     while Contains (Primes, M) and M mod 10 > 0 loop
        M := M / 10;
        if M <= 1 then
           return True;
        end if;
     end loop;
     return False;
  end Is_Right_Trucatable_Prime;
  Position : Cursor;

begin

  for N in 2..1_000_000 loop
     if Is_Prime (N) then
        Insert (Primes, N);
     end if;
  end loop;
  Position := Last (Primes);
  while Has_Element (Position) loop
     if Is_Left_Trucatable_Prime (Element (Position)) then
        Put_Line ("Largest LTP from 1..1000000:" & Integer'Image (Element (Position)));
        exit;
     end if;
     Previous (Position);
  end loop;
  Position := Last (Primes);
  while Has_Element (Position) loop
     if Is_Right_Trucatable_Prime (Element (Position)) then
        Put_Line ("Largest RTP from 1..1000000:" & Integer'Image (Element (Position)));
        exit;
     end if;
     Previous (Position);
  end loop;

end Truncatable_Primes; </lang> Sample output:

Largest LTP from 1..1000000: 998443
Largest RTP from 1..1000000: 739399

ALGOL 68

Translation of: C

Note: This specimen retains the original C coding style.

Works with: ALGOL 68 version Revision 1 - no extensions to language used.
Works with: ALGOL 68G version Any - tested with release 1.18.0-9h.tiny.

<lang algol68>#!/usr/local/bin/a68g --script #

PROC is prime = (INT n)BOOL:(

 []BOOL is short prime=(FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE);
 IF n<=UPB is short prime THEN is short prime[n] # EXIT # ELSE
   IF ( NOT ODD n | TRUE | n MOD 3 = 0 ) THEN FALSE # EXIT # ELSE
     INT h := ENTIER sqrt(n)+3;
     FOR a FROM 7 BY 6 WHILE a<h DO
       IF ( n MOD a = 0 | TRUE |  n MOD (a-2) = 0 ) THEN false exit FI
     OD;
     TRUE # EXIT #
   FI
 FI EXIT
 false exit: FALSE

);

PROC string to int = (STRING in a)INT:(

 FILE f; STRING a := in a; associate(f, a);
 INT i; get(f, i); close(f);
 i

);

PROC is trunc prime = (INT in n, PROC(REF STRING)VOID trunc)BOOL: (

 INT n := in n;
 STRING s := whole(n, 0);
 IF char in string("0", NIL, s) THEN FALSE # EXIT #
 ELSE
   WHILE is prime(n) DO
     s := whole(n, 0);
     trunc(s);
     IF UPB s = 0 THEN true exit FI;
     n := string to int(s)
   OD;
   FALSE EXIT
   true exit: TRUE
 FI

);

PROC get trunc prime = (INT in n, PROC(REF STRING)VOID trunc)VOID:(

 FOR n FROM in n BY -1 TO 1 DO
   IF is trunc prime(n, trunc) THEN
     printf(($g(0)l$, n));
     break
   FI
 OD;
 break: ~

);

main:(

 INT limit = 1000000;
 printf(($g g(0) gl$,"Highest left- and right-truncatable primes under ",limit,":"));
 get trunc prime(limit, (REF STRING s)VOID: s := s[LWB s+1:]);
 get trunc prime(limit, (REF STRING s)VOID: s := s[:UPB s-1]);
 write("Press Enter");
 read(newline)

)</lang> Output:

Highest left- and right-truncatable primes under 1000000:
998443
739399
Press Enter

Arturo

<lang arturo>leftTrunc [num]{ str $(toString num) ret #() loop $(range 0 $(size str)-1) [x]{ ret ret + $(slice str x $(size str)) } return $(map ret { toNumber & }) }

rightTrunc [num]{ str $(toString num) ret #() loop $(range $(size str) 1) [x]{ ret ret + $(slice str 0 x) } return $(map ret { toNumber & }) }

isTruncatablePrime [nums]{ all nums { isPrime & } }

MaxLeft 0 MaxRight 0

loop $(range 3 1000000 2) [n]{ if $(isTruncatablePrime $(leftTrunc n)) { MaxLeft n } if $(isTruncatablePrime $(rightTrunc n)) { MaxRight n } }

print "Max Left-Truncatable Prime found (<1000000): " + MaxLeft print "Max Right-Truncatable Prime found (<1000000): " + MaxRight</lang>

Output:
Max Left-Truncatable Prime found (<1000000): 998443
Max Right-Truncatable Prime found (<1000000): 739399

AutoHotkey

<lang AutoHotkey>SetBatchLines, -1 MsgBox, % "Largest left-truncatable and right-truncatable primes less than one million:`n" . "Left:`t" LTP(10 ** 6) "`nRight:`t" RTP(10 ** 6)

LTP(n) { while n { n-- if (!Instr(n, "0") && IsPrime(n)) { Loop, % StrLen(n) if (!IsPrime(SubStr(n, A_Index))) continue, 2 break } } return, n }

RTP(n) { while n { n-- if (!IsPrime(SubStr(n, 1, 1))) n -= 10 ** (StrLen(n) - 1) if (!Instr(n, "0") && IsPrime(n)) { Loop, % StrLen(n) if (!IsPrime(SubStr(n, 1, A_Index))) continue, 2 break } } return, n }

IsPrime(n) { if (n < 2) return, 0 else if (n < 4) return, 1 else if (!Mod(n, 2)) return, 0 else if (n < 9) return 1 else if (!Mod(n, 3)) return, 0 else { r := Floor(Sqrt(n)) f := 5 while (f <= r) { if (!Mod(n, f)) return, 0 if (!Mod(n, (f + 2))) return, 0 f += 6 } return, 1 } }</lang> Output:

Largest left-truncatable and right-truncatable primes less than one million:
Left:	998443
Right:	739399

AWK

<lang AWK>

  1. syntax: GAWK -f TRUNCATABLE_PRIMES.AWK

BEGIN {

   limit = 1000000
   for (i=1; i<=limit; i++) {
     if (is_prime(i)) {
       prime_count++
       arr[i] = ""
       if (truncate_left(i) == 1) {
         max_left = max(max_left,i)
       }
       if (truncate_right(i) == 1) {
         max_right = max(max_right,i)
       }
     }
   }
   printf("1-%d: %d primes\n",limit,prime_count)
   printf("largest L truncatable: %d\n",max_left)
   printf("largest R truncatable: %d\n",max_right)
   exit(0)

} function is_prime(x, i) {

   if (x <= 1) {
     return(0)
   }
   for (i=2; i<=int(sqrt(x)); i++) {
     if (x % i == 0) {
       return(0)
     }
   }
   return(1)

} function truncate_left(n) {

   while (n != "") {
     if (!(n in arr)) {
       return(0)
     }
     n = substr(n,2)
   }
   return(1)

} function truncate_right(n) {

   while (n != "") {
     if (!(n in arr)) {
       return(0)
     }
     n = substr(n,1,length(n)-1)
   }
   return(1)

} function max(x,y) { return((x > y) ? x : y) } </lang>

Output:
1-1000000: 78498 primes
largest L truncatable: 998443
largest R truncatable: 739399

Bracmat

Primality test: In an attempt to compute the result of taking a (not too big, 2^32 or 2^64, depending on word size) number to a fractional power, Bracmat computes the prime factors of the number and checks whether the powers of prime factors make the fractional power go away. If the number is prime, the output of the computation is the same as the input. <lang bracmat>( 1000001:?i & whl

 ' ( !i+-2:>0:?i
   & !i:?L
   & whl'(!L^1/2:#?^1/2&@(!L:% ?L))
   & !L:~
   )

& out$("left:" !i) & 1000001:?i & whl

 ' ( !i+-2:>0:?i
   & !i:?R
   & whl'(!R^1/2:#?^1/2&@(!R:?R %@))
   & !R:~
   )

& out$("right:" !i) )</lang> Output:

left: 998443
right: 739399

C

<lang C>#include <stdio.h>

  1. include <stdlib.h>
  2. include <string.h>
  1. define MAX_PRIME 1000000

char *primes; int n_primes;

/* Sieve. If we were to handle 10^9 range, use bit field. Regardless,

*  if a large amount of prime numbers need to be tested, sieve is fast.
*/

void init_primes() { int j; primes = malloc(sizeof(char) * MAX_PRIME); memset(primes, 1, MAX_PRIME); primes[0] = primes[1] = 0; int i = 2; while (i * i < MAX_PRIME) { for (j = i * 2; j < MAX_PRIME; j += i) primes[j] = 0; while (++i < MAX_PRIME && !primes[i]); } }

int left_trunc(int n) { int tens = 1; while (tens < n) tens *= 10;

while (n) { if (!primes[n]) return 0; tens /= 10; if (n < tens) return 0; n %= tens; } return 1; }

int right_trunc(int n) { while (n) { if (!primes[n]) return 0; n /= 10; } return 1; }

int main() { int n; int max_left = 0, max_right = 0; init_primes();

for (n = MAX_PRIME - 1; !max_left; n -= 2) if (left_trunc(n)) max_left = n;

for (n = MAX_PRIME - 1; !max_right; n -= 2) if (right_trunc(n)) max_right = n;

printf("Left: %d; right: %d\n", max_left, max_right); return 0; }</lang>output<lang>Left: 998443; right: 739399</lang>

Faster way of doing primality test for small numbers (1000000 isn't big), and generating truncatable primes bottom-up: <lang c>#include <stdio.h>

  1. define MAXN 1000000

int maxl, maxr;

int is_prime(int n) { int p; if (n % 3 == 0) return 0;

for (p = 6; p * p <= n; p += 6) if (!(n % (p + 1) && n % (p + 5))) return 0; return 1; }

void left(int n, int tens) { int i, nn;

if (n > maxl) maxl = n; if (n < MAXN / 10) for (tens *= 10, i = 1; i < 10; i++) if (is_prime(nn = i * tens + n)) left(nn, tens); }

void right(int n) { int i, nn; static int d[] = {1,3,7,9};

if (n > maxr) maxr = n; if (n < MAXN / 10) for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) if (is_prime(nn = n * 10 + d[i])) right(nn); }

int main(void) { left(3, 1); left(7, 1); right(3); right(5); right(7);

printf("%d %d\n", maxl, maxr);

return 0; }</lang>

Output:
998443 739399

C#

<lang csharp>using System; // 4790@3.6 using System.Collections.Generic; class truncatable_primes {

   static void Main()
   {
       uint m = 1000000;
       Console.Write("L " + L(m) + " R " + R(m) + "  ");
       var sw = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
       for (int i = 1000; i > 0; i--) { L(m); R(m); }
       Console.Write(sw.Elapsed); Console.Read();
   }
   static uint L(uint n)
   {
       n -= n & 1; n--;
       for (uint d, d1 = 100; ; n -= 2)
       {
           while (n % 3 == 0 || n % 5 == 0 || n % 7 == 0) n -= 2;
           if ((d = n % 10) == 3 || d == 7)
           {
               while (d1 < n && d < (d = n % d1) && isP(d)) d1 *= 10;
               if (d1 > n && isP(n)) return n; d1 = 100;
           }
       }
   }
   static uint R(uint m)
   {
       var p = new List<uint>() { 2, 3, 5, 7 }; uint n = 20, np;
       for (int i = 1; i < p.Count; n = 10 * p[i++])
       {
           if ((np = n + 1) >= m) break; if (isP(np)) p.Add(np);
           if ((np = n + 3) >= m) break; if (isP(np)) p.Add(np);
           if ((np = n + 7) >= m) break; if (isP(np)) p.Add(np);
           if ((np = n + 9) >= m) break; if (isP(np)) p.Add(np);
       }
       return p[p.Count - 1];
   }
   static bool isP(uint n)
   {
       if (n < 7) return n == 2 || n == 3 || n == 5;
       if ((n & 1) == 0 || n % 3 == 0 || n % 5 == 0) return false;
       for (uint r = (uint)Math.Sqrt(n), d = 7; d <= r; d += 30)
           if (n % (d + 00) == 0 || n % (d + 04) == 0 ||
               n % (d + 06) == 0 || n % (d + 10) == 0 ||
               n % (d + 12) == 0 || n % (d + 16) == 0 ||
               n % (d + 22) == 0 || n % (d + 24) == 0) return false;
       return true;
   }

}</lang>

Output:  L 998443 R 739399   24 μs

Clojure

<lang Clojure>(use '[clojure.contrib.lazy-seqs :only [primes]])

(def prime?

 (let [mem (ref #{})

primes (ref primes)]

   (fn [n]
     (dosync
      (if (< n (first @primes))

(@mem n) (let [[mems ss] (split-with #(<= % n) @primes)] (ref-set primes ss) ((commute mem into mems) n)))))))

(defn drop-lefts [n]

 (let [dropl #(if (< % 10) 0 (Integer. (subs (str %) 1)))]
   (->> (iterate dropl n)

(take-while pos? ,) next)))

(defn drop-rights [n]

 (->> (iterate #(quot % 10) n)
      next
      (take-while pos? ,)))

(defn truncatable-left? [n]

 (every? prime? (drop-lefts n)))

(defn truncatable-right? [n]

 (every? prime? (drop-rights n)))

user> (->> (for [p primes :while (< p 1000000) :when (not-any? #{\0} (str p)) :let [l? (if (truncatable-left? p) p 0) r? (if (truncatable-right? p) p 0)] :when (or l? r?)]

      [l? r?])
    ((juxt #(apply max-key first %) #(apply max-key second %)) ,)
    ((juxt ffirst (comp second second)) ,)
    (map vector ["left truncatable: " "right truncatable: "] ,))

(["left truncatable: " 998443] ["right truncatable: " 739399])</lang>

CoffeeScript

<lang coffeescript># You could have symmetric algorithms for max right and left

  1. truncatable numbers, but they lend themselves to slightly
  2. different optimizations.

max_right_truncatable_number = (n, f) ->

 # This algorithm only evaluates 37 numbers for primeness to
 # get the max right truncatable prime < 1000000.  Its
 # optimization is that it prunes candidates for
 # the first n-1 digits before having to iterate through
 # the 10 possibilities for the last digit.
 if n < 10
   candidate = n 
   while candidate > 0
     return candidate if f(candidate)
     candidate -= 1
 else
   left = Math.floor n / 10
   while left > 0
     left = max_right_truncatable_number left, f
     right = 9
     while right > 0
       candidate = left * 10 + right
       return candidate if candidate <= n and f(candidate)
       right -= 1
     left -= 1
 throw Error "none found"
     

max_left_truncatable_number = (max, f) ->

 # This is a pretty straightforward countdown.  The first
 # optimization here would probably be to cache results of 
 # calling f on small numbers.
 is_left_truncatable = (n) ->
   candidate = 0
   power_of_ten = 1
   while n > 0
     r = n  % 10
     return false if r == 0
     n = Math.floor n / 10
     candidate = r * power_of_ten + candidate
     power_of_ten *= 10
     return false unless f(candidate)
   true
 do ->
   n = max
   while n > 0
     return n if is_left_truncatable n, f
     n -= 1
   throw Error "none found"
 

is_prime = (n) ->

 return false if n == 1
 return true if n == 2
 for d in [2..n]
   return false if n % d == 0
   return true if d * d >= n


console.log "right", max_right_truncatable_number(999999, is_prime) console.log "left", max_left_truncatable_number(999999, is_prime) </lang> output <lang> > coffee truncatable_prime.coffee right 739399 left 998443 </lang>

Common Lisp

<lang lsip> (defun start ()

 (format t "Largest right-truncatable ~a~%" (max-right-truncatable))
 (format t "Largest left-truncatable  ~a~%" (max-left-truncatable)))

(defun max-right-truncatable ()

 (loop for el in (6-digits-R-truncatables)
       maximizing el into max
       finally (return max)))

(defun 6-digits-R-truncatables (&optional (lst '(2 3 5 7)) (n 5))

 (if (zerop n)
   lst
   (6-digits-R-truncatables (R-trunc lst) (- n 1))))

(defun R-trunc (lst)

 (remove-if (lambda (x) (not (primep x))) 

(loop for el in lst append (mapcar (lambda (x) (+ (* 10 el) x)) '(1 3 7 9)))))

(defun max-left-truncatable ()

 (loop for el in (6-digits-L-truncatables)
       maximizing el into max
       finally (return max)))

(defun 6-digits-L-truncatables (&optional (lst '(3 7)) (n 5))

 (if (zerop n)
   lst
   (6-digits-L-truncatables (L-trunc lst (- 6 n)) (- n 1))))

(defun L-trunc (lst n)

 (remove-if (lambda (x) (not (primep x))) 

(loop for el in lst append (mapcar (lambda (x) (+ (* (expt 10 n) x) el)) '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)))))

(defun primep (n)

 (primep-aux n 2))

(defun primep-aux (n d)

 (cond ((> d (sqrt n)) t)
       ((zerop (rem n d)) nil)
       (t (primep-aux n (+ d 1)))))

</lang>

Output:
Largest right-truncatable 739399
Largest left-truncatable  998443

D

<lang d>import std.stdio, std.math, std.string, std.conv, std.algorithm,

      std.range;

bool isPrime(in int n) pure nothrow {

   if (n <= 1)
       return false;
   foreach (immutable i; 2 .. cast(int)sqrt(real(n)) + 1)
       if (!(n % i))
           return false;
   return true;

}

bool isTruncatablePrime(bool left)(in int n) pure {

   immutable s = n.text;
   if (s.canFind('0'))
       return false;
   foreach (immutable i; 0 .. s.length)
       static if (left) {
           if (!s[i .. $].to!int.isPrime)
               return false;
       } else {
           if (!s[0 .. i + 1].to!int.isPrime)
               return false;
       }
   return true;

}

void main() {

   enum n = 1_000_000;
   writeln("Largest left-truncatable prime in 2 .. ", n, ": ",
           iota(n, 1, -1).filter!(isTruncatablePrime!true).front);
   writeln("Largest right-truncatable prime in 2 .. ", n, ": ",
           iota(n, 1, -1).filter!(isTruncatablePrime!false).front);

}</lang>

Output:
Largest left-truncatable prime in 2 .. 1000000: 998443
Largest right-truncatable prime in 2 .. 1000000: 739399

EchoLisp

<lang lisp>

does p include a 0 in its decimal representation ?

(define (nozero? n) (= -1 (string-index (number->string n) "0")))

right truncate
p and successive quotients by 10 (integer division) must be primes

(define (right-trunc p) (unless (zero? p) (and (prime? p) (right-trunc (quotient p 10))))) (remember 'right-trunc)

left truncate
p and successive modulo by 10, 100, .. must be prime

(define (left-trunc p (mod 1000000)) (unless (< mod 1) (and (prime? p) (nozero? p) (left-trunc (modulo p mod) (/ mod 10)))))

start from 999999. stop on first found

(define (fact-trunc trunc) (for ((p (in-range 999999 100000 -1))) #:break (when (trunc p) (writeln p) #t))) </lang> Output: <lang lisp> (fact-trunc left-trunc) 998443 (fact-trunc right-trunc) 739399 </lang>

Eiffel

<lang Eiffel> class APPLICATION

create make

feature

make do io.put_string ("Largest right truncatable prime: " + find_right_truncatable_primes.out) io.new_line io.put_string ("Largest left truncatable prime: " + find_left_truncatable_primes.out) end

find_right_truncatable_primes: INTEGER -- Largest right truncatable prime below 1000000. local i, maybe_prime: INTEGER found, is_one: BOOLEAN do from i := 999999 until found loop is_one := True from maybe_prime := i until not is_one or maybe_prime.out.count = 1 loop if maybe_prime.out.has ('0') or maybe_prime.out.has ('2') or maybe_prime.out.has ('4') or maybe_prime.out.has ('6') or maybe_prime.out.has ('8') then is_one := False else if not is_prime (maybe_prime) then is_one := False elseif is_prime (maybe_prime) and maybe_prime.out.count > 1 then maybe_prime := truncate_right (maybe_prime) end end end if is_one then found := True Result := i end i := i - 2 end ensure Result_is_smaller: Result < 1000000 end

find_left_truncatable_primes: INTEGER -- Largest left truncatable prime below 1000000. local i, maybe_prime: INTEGER found, is_one: BOOLEAN do from i := 999999 until found loop is_one := True from maybe_prime := i until not is_one or maybe_prime.out.count = 1 loop if not is_prime (maybe_prime) then is_one := False elseif is_prime (maybe_prime) and maybe_prime.out.count > 1 then if maybe_prime.out.at (2) = '0' then is_one := False else maybe_prime := truncate_left (maybe_prime) end end end if is_one then found := True Result := i end i := i - 2 end ensure Result_is_smaller: Result < 1000000 end

feature {NONE}

is_prime (n: INTEGER): BOOLEAN --Is 'n' a prime number? require positiv_input: n > 0 local i: INTEGER max: REAL_64 math: DOUBLE_MATH do create math if n = 2 then Result := True elseif n <= 1 or n \\ 2 = 0 then Result := False else Result := True max := math.sqrt (n) from i := 3 until i > max loop if n \\ i = 0 then Result := False end i := i + 2 end end end

truncate_left (n: INTEGER): INTEGER -- 'n' truncated by one digit from the left side. require truncatable: n.out.count > 1 local st: STRING do st := n.out st.remove_head (1) Result := st.to_integer ensure Result_truncated: Result.out.count = n.out.count - 1 end

truncate_right (n: INTEGER): INTEGER -- 'n' truncated by one digit from the right side. require truncatable: n.out.count > 1 local st: STRING do st := n.out st.remove_tail (1) Result := st.to_integer ensure Result_truncated: Result.out.count = n.out.count - 1 end

end </lang>

Output:
Largest right truncatable prime: 739399
Largest left truncatable prime: 999431

Elena

ELENA 4.x : <lang elena>import system'calendar; import extensions;

const MAXN = 1000000;

extension mathOp {

   isPrime()
   {
       int n := cast int(self);
       
       if (n < 2) { ^ false };        
       if (n < 4) { ^ true };        
       if (n mod:2 == 0) { ^ false };
       if (n < 9) { ^ true }; 
       if (n mod:3 == 0) { ^ false };
       
       int r := n.sqrt();
       int f := 5;
       while (f <= r)
       {
           if ((n.mod(f) == 0) || (n.mod(f + 2) == 0))
               { ^ false };
               
           f := f + 6            
       };
       
       ^ true
   }
   
   isRightTruncatable()
   {
       int n := self;
       
       while (n != 0)
       {
           ifnot (n.isPrime())
               { ^ false };
           
           n := n / 10
       };
       
       ^ true
   }
   isLeftTruncatable()
   {
       int n := self;
       int tens := 1;
       
       while (tens < n)
           { tens := tens * 10 };
           
       while (n != 0)
       {
           ifnot (n.isPrime())
               { ^ false };
           tens := tens / 10;
           n := n - (n / tens * tens)
       };
       
       ^ true
   }

}

program() {

   var n := MAXN;
   var max_lt := 0;
   var max_rt := 0;
   while (max_lt == 0 || max_rt == 0)
   {
       if(n.toString().indexOf("0") == -1)
       {
           if ((max_lt == 0) && (n.isLeftTruncatable()))
               {
                   max_lt := n
               };
               
           if ((max_rt == 0) && (n.isRightTruncatable()))
               {
                   max_rt := n
               }
       };
                       
       n := n - 1
   };
   console.printLine("Largest truncable left is ",max_lt);   
   console.printLine("Largest truncable right is ",max_rt);

}</lang>

Output:
Largest truncable left is 998443
Largest truncable right is 739399

Elixir

Translation of: Ruby

<lang elixir>defmodule Prime do

 defp left_truncatable?(n, prime) do
   func = fn i when i<=9 -> 0
             i           -> to_string(i) |> String.slice(1..-1) |> String.to_integer end
   truncatable?(n, prime, func)
 end
 
 defp right_truncatable?(n, prime) do
   truncatable?(n, prime, fn i -> div(i, 10) end)
 end
 
 defp truncatable?(n, prime, trunc_func) do
   if to_string(n) |> String.match?(~r/0/),
     do:   false,
     else: trunc_loop(trunc_func.(n), prime, trunc_func)
 end
 
 defp trunc_loop(0, _prime, _trunc_func), do: true
 defp trunc_loop(n, prime, trunc_func) do
   if elem(prime,n), do: trunc_loop(trunc_func.(n), prime, trunc_func), else: false
 end
 
 def eratosthenes(limit) do            # descending order
   Enum.to_list(2..limit) |> sieve(:math.sqrt(limit), [])
 end
 
 defp sieve([h|_]=list, max, sieved) when h>max, do: Enum.reverse(list, sieved)
 defp sieve([h | t], max, sieved) do
   list = for x <- t, rem(x,h)>0, do: x
   sieve(list, max, [h | sieved])
 end
 
 defp prime_table(_, [], list), do: [false, false | list]
 defp prime_table(n, [n|t], list), do: prime_table(n-1, t,      [true|list])
 defp prime_table(n, prime, list), do: prime_table(n-1, prime, [false|list])
 
 def task(limit \\ 1000000) do
   prime = eratosthenes(limit)
   prime_tuple = prime_table(limit, prime, []) |> List.to_tuple
   left = Enum.find(prime, fn n -> left_truncatable?(n, prime_tuple) end)
   IO.puts "Largest left-truncatable prime : #{left}"
   right = Enum.find(prime, fn n -> right_truncatable?(n, prime_tuple) end)
   IO.puts "Largest right-truncatable prime: #{right}" 
 end

end

Prime.task</lang>

Output:
Largest left-truncatable prime : 998443
Largest right-truncatable prime: 739399

Factor

<lang>USING: formatting fry grouping.extras kernel literals math math.parser math.primes sequences ; IN: rosetta-code.truncatable-primes

CONSTANT: primes $[ 1,000,000 primes-upto reverse ]

number>digits ( n -- B{} ) number>string string>digits ;
no-zeros? ( seq -- ? ) [ zero? not ] all? ;
all-prime? ( seq -- ? ) [ prime? ] all? ;
truncate ( seq quot -- seq' ) call( seq -- seq' )
   [ 10 digits>integer ] map ;
truncate-right ( seq -- seq' ) [ head-clump ] truncate ;
truncate-left ( seq -- seq' ) [ tail-clump ] truncate ;
truncatable-prime? ( n quot -- ? ) [ number>digits ] dip
   '[ @ all-prime? ] [ no-zeros? ] bi and ; inline
right-truncatable-prime? ( n -- ? ) [ truncate-right ]
   truncatable-prime? ;
   
left-truncatable-prime? ( n -- ? ) [ truncate-left ]
   truncatable-prime? ;
   
find-truncatable-primes ( -- ltp rtp )
   primes [ [ left-truncatable-prime?  ] find nip ]
          [ [ right-truncatable-prime? ] find nip ] bi ;
          
main ( -- ) find-truncatable-primes
   "Left: %d\nRight: %d\n" printf ;
   

MAIN: main</lang>

Output:
Left: 998443
Right: 739399

Fortran

Works with: Fortran version 95 and later

<lang fortran>module primes_mod

 implicit none
 
 logical, allocatable :: primes(:)
 

contains

subroutine Genprimes(parr)

 logical, intent(in out) :: parr(:)
 integer :: i

! Prime sieve

 parr = .true.
 parr (1) = .false.
 parr (4 : size(parr) : 2) = .false.
 do i = 3, int (sqrt (real (size(parr)))), 2
   if (parr(i)) parr(i * i : size(parr) : i) = .false.
 end do

end subroutine

function is_rtp(candidate)

 logical :: is_rtp
 integer, intent(in) :: candidate
 integer :: n
 is_rtp = .true.
 n = candidate / 10
 do while(n > 0)
   if(.not. primes(n)) then
     is_rtp = .false.
     return
   end if
   n = n / 10
 end do
 

end function

function is_ltp(candidate)

 logical :: is_ltp
 integer, intent(in) :: candidate
 integer :: i, n
 character(10) :: nstr
 write(nstr, "(i10)") candidate
 is_ltp = .true.
 do i = len_trim(nstr)-1, 1, -1
   n = mod(candidate, 10**i)
   if(.not. primes(n)) then
     is_ltp = .false.
     return
   end if
 end do

end function

end module primes_mod

program Truncatable_Primes

 use primes_mod
 implicit none
 
 integer, parameter :: limit = 999999
 integer :: i
 character(10) :: nstr

! Generate an array of prime flags up to limit of search

 allocate(primes(limit))
 call Genprimes(primes)
  

! Find left truncatable prime

 do i = limit, 1, -1
   write(nstr, "(i10)") i
   if(index(trim(nstr), "0") /= 0) cycle      ! check for 0 in number
   if(is_ltp(i)) then
     write(*, "(a, i0)") "Largest left truncatable prime below 1000000 is ", i
     exit
   end if
 end do

! Find right truncatable prime

 do i = limit, 1, -1
   write(nstr, "(i10)") i
   if(index(trim(nstr), "0") /= 0) cycle      ! check for 0 in number
   if(is_rtp(i)) then
     write(*, "(a, i0)") "Largest right truncatable prime below 1000000 is ", i
     exit
   end if
 end do

end program</lang> Output

Largest left truncatable prime below 1000000 is 998443
Largest right truncatable prime below 1000000 is 739399

FreeBASIC

Version 1

<lang freebasic>' FB 1.05.0 Win64

Function isPrime(n As Integer) As Boolean

 If n Mod 2 = 0 Then Return n = 2
 If n Mod 3 = 0 Then Return n = 3
 Dim d As Integer = 5
 While d * d <= n
   If n Mod d = 0 Then Return False
   d += 2
   If n Mod d = 0 Then Return False
   d += 4
 Wend
 Return True

End Function

Dim As UInteger i, j, p, pow, lMax = 2, rMax = 2 Dim s As String

' largest left truncatable prime less than 1000000 ' It can't end with 1, 4, 6, 8 or 9 as these numbers are not prime ' Nor can it end in 2 if it has more than one digit as such a number would divide by 2 For i = 3 To 999997 Step 2

 s = Str(i)
 If Instr(s, "0") > 1 Then Continue For  cannot contain 0   
 j = s[Len(s) - 1] - 48
 If j = 1 OrElse j = 9 Then Continue For
 p = i
 pow = 10 ^ (Len(s) - 1)
 While pow > 1
   If Not isPrime(p) Then Continue For
   p Mod= pow
   pow \= 10
 Wend
 lMax = i

Next

' largest right truncatable prime less than 1000000 ' It can't begin with 1, 4, 6, 8 or 9 as these numbers are not prime For i = 3 To 799999 Step 2

 s = Str(i)
 If Instr(s, "0") > 1 Then Continue For  cannot contain 0   
 j = s[0] - 48
 If j = 1 OrElse j = 4 OrElse j = 6 Then Continue For
 p = i
 While p > 0 
   If Not isPrime(p) Then Continue For  
   p \= 10
 Wend
 rMax = i

Next

Print "Largest left truncatable prime : "; lMax Print "Largest right truncatable prime : "; rMax Print Print "Press any key to quit" Sleep</lang>

Output:
Largest left  truncatable prime : 998443
Largest right truncatable prime : 739399

Version 2

Construct primes using previous found primes. <lang freebasic>' version 10-12-2016 ' compile with: fbc -s console

Dim Shared As Byte isPrime()

Sub sieve(m As UInteger)

   Dim As Integer i, j
   ReDim isPrime(m)
   For i = 4 To m Step 2
       isPrime(i) = 1
   Next
   For i = 3 To Sqr(m) Step 2
       If isPrime(i) = 0 Then
           For j = i * i To m Step i * 2
               isPrime(j) = 1
           Next
       End If
   Next

End Sub

' ------=< MAIN >=------

  1. Define max 1000000 'upto 2^30 max for 32bit OS

Dim As UInteger a(), lt_prime(5000), rt_prime(100) Dim As UInteger i, j, j1, p1, p2, left_max, right_max

sieve(max)

' left truncatable primes ' if odd and ends with 3 or 7, never ends 1 or 9 (no prime ' never ends on a 2 or 5 and starts with 1 to 9 lt_prime(1) = 3 : lt_prime(2) = 7 p1 = 1 : p2 = 2

Do

   For i = 1 To 9
       j = Val( Str(i) + Str(lt_prime(p1)) )
       If j > max Then Exit Do
       If isPrime(j) = 0 Then ' if prime then add to the list
           p2 += 1
           lt_prime(p2) = j
           If Left_max < j Then left_max = j
       End If
   Next
   p1 += 1

Loop Until p1 > p2 ' no more numbers to process

' right truncatable prime ' start with 2, 3, 5 or 7 and end with 1, 3, 7 or 9 rt_prime(1) = 2 : rt_prime(2) = 3 : rt_prime(3) = 5 : rt_prime(4) = 7 p1 = 1 : p2 = 4 Dim As UInteger end_num(1 To 4) => {1, 3, 7, 9}

Do

   j1 = rt_prime(p1) * 10
   If j1 > max Then Exit Do
   For i = 1 To 4
       j = j1 + End_num(i)
       If isprime(j) = 0 Then  ' if prime then add to the list
           p2 += 1
           rt_prime(p2) = j
          ' If right_max < j Then right_max = j
       End If
   Next
   p1 += 1

Loop Until p1 > p2 ' no more numbers to process ' the last one added is the biggest right_max = rt_prime(p2)

Print Print "The biggest left truncatable prime below"; max; " is "; left_max Print "The biggest right truncatable prime below"; max; " is "; right_max

' empty keyboard buffer While Inkey <> "" : Wend Print : Print "hit any key to end program" Sleep End</lang>

Output:
The biggest  left truncatable prime below 1000000 is 998443
The biggest right truncatable prime below 1000000 is 739399

Go

<lang go>package main

import "fmt"

func main() {

   sieve(1e6)
   if !search(6, 1e6, "left", func(n, pot int) int { return n % pot }) {
       panic("997?")
   }
   if !search(6, 1e6, "right", func(n, _ int) int { return n / 10 }) {
       panic("7393?")
   }

}

var c []bool

func sieve(ss int) {

   c = make([]bool, ss)
   c[1] = true
   for p := 2; ; {
       p2 := p * p
       if p2 >= ss {
           break
       }
       for i := p2; i < ss; i += p {
           c[i] = true
       }
       for {
           p++
           if !c[p] {
               break
           }
       }
   }

}

func search(digits, pot int, s string, truncFunc func(n, pot int) int) bool {

   n := pot - 1
   pot /= 10

smaller:

   for ; n >= pot; n -= 2 {
       for tn, tp := n, pot; tp > 0; tp /= 10 {
           if tn < tp || c[tn] {
               continue smaller
           }
           tn = truncFunc(tn, tp)
       }
       fmt.Println("max", s, "truncatable:", n)
       return true
   }
   if digits > 1 {
       return search(digits-1, pot, s, truncFunc)
   }
   return false

}</lang> Output:

max left truncatable: 998443
max right truncatable: 739399

Haskell

Using

Library: Primes

from HackageDB

<lang haskell>import Data.Numbers.Primes(primes, isPrime) import Data.List import Control.Arrow

primes1e6 = reverse. filter (notElem '0'. show) $ takeWhile(<=1000000) primes

rightT, leftT :: Int -> Bool rightT = all isPrime. takeWhile(>0). drop 1. iterate (`div`10) leftT x = all isPrime. takeWhile(<x).map (x`mod`) $ iterate (*10) 10

main = do

 let (ltp, rtp) = (head. filter leftT &&& head. filter rightT) primes1e6
 putStrLn $ "Left truncatable  " ++ show ltp
 putStrLn $ "Right truncatable " ++ show rtp</lang>

Output: <lang haskell>*Main> main Left truncatable 998443 Right truncatable 739399</lang>

Interpretation of the J contribution: <lang haskell>digits = [1..9] :: [Integer] smallPrimes = filter isPrime digits pow10 = iterate (*10) 1 mul10 = (pow10!!). length. show righT = (+) . (10 *) lefT = liftM2 (.) (+) ((*) . mul10)

primesTruncatable f = iterate (concatMap (filter isPrime.flip map digits. f)) smallPrimes</lang> Output: <lang haskell>*Main> maximum $ primesTruncatable righT !! 5 739399

  • Main> maximum $ primesTruncatable lefT !! 5

998443</lang>

Icon and Unicon

<lang Icon>procedure main(arglist)

  N := 0 < integer(\arglist[1]) | 1000000              # primes to generator 1 to ... (1M or 1st arglist)
  D := (0 < integer(\arglist[2]) | 10) / 2             # primes to display (10 or 2nd arglist)
  P := sieve(N)                                        # from sieve task (modified)
  write("There are ",*P," prime numbers in the range 1 to ",N)
  if *P <= 2*D then 
     every writes( "Primes: "|!sort(P)||" "|"\n" ) 
  else 
     every writes( "Primes: "|(L := sort(P))[1 to D]||" "|"... "|L[*L-D+1 to *L]||" "|"\n" ) 
  largesttruncateable(P)

end

procedure largesttruncateable(P) #: find the largest left and right trucatable numbers in P local ltp,rtp

  every x  := sort(P)[*P to 1 by -1] do    # largest to smallest 
     if not find('0',x) then {
        /ltp  := islefttrunc(P,x)
        /rtp  := isrighttrunc(P,x) 
        if \ltp & \rtp then break          # until both found
        }
  write("Largest left truncatable prime  = ", ltp)
  write("Largest right truncatable prime = ", rtp)
  return

end

procedure isrighttrunc(P,x) #: return integer x if x and all right truncations of x are in P or fails if x = 0 | (member(P,x) & isrighttrunc(P,x / 10)) then return x end

procedure islefttrunc(P,x) #: return integer x if x and all left truncations of x are in P or fails if *x = 0 | ( (x := integer(x)) & member(P,x) & islefttrunc(P,x[2:0]) ) then return x end</lang>

Sample output:

There are 78498 prime numbers in the range 1 to 1000000
Primes: 2 3 5 7 11 ... 999953 999959 999961 999979 999983
Largest left truncatable prime  = 998443
Largest right truncatable prime = 739399

J

Truncatable primes may be constructed by starting with a set of one digit prime numbers and then repeatedly adding a non-zero digit (combine all possibilities of a truncatable prime digit sequence with each digit) and, at each step, selecting the prime numbers which result.

In other words, given:

<lang j>selPrime=: #~ 1&p: seed=: selPrime digits=: 1+i.9 step=: selPrime@,@:(,&.":/&>)@{@;</lang>

Here, selPrime discards non-prime numbers from a list, so seed is the list 2 3 5 7.

The largest truncatable primes less than a million can be obtained by adding five digits to the prime seeds, then finding the largest value from the result.

<lang j> >./ digits&step^:5 seed NB. left truncatable 998443

  >./ step&digits^:5 seed  NB. right truncatable

739399</lang>

Note that we are using the same combining function and same basic procedure in both cases. The difference is which side of the number we add arbitrary digits to, for each step.

Java

<lang Java>import java.util.BitSet;

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args){

final int MAX = 1000000;

//Sieve of Eratosthenes (using BitSet only for odd numbers) BitSet primeList = new BitSet(MAX>>1); primeList.set(0,primeList.size(),true);

int sqroot = (int) Math.sqrt(MAX); primeList.clear(0); for(int num = 3; num <= sqroot; num+=2) { if( primeList.get(num >> 1) ) { int inc = num << 1; for(int factor = num * num; factor < MAX; factor += inc) { //if( ((factor) & 1) == 1) //{ primeList.clear(factor >> 1); //} } } } //Sieve ends...

//Find Largest Truncatable Prime. (so we start from 1000000 - 1 int rightTrunc = -1, leftTrunc = -1; for(int prime = (MAX - 1) | 1; prime >= 3; prime -= 2) { if(primeList.get(prime>>1)) { //Already found Right Truncatable Prime? if(rightTrunc == -1) { int right = prime; while(right > 0 && right % 2 != 0 && primeList.get(right >> 1)) right /= 10; if(right == 0) rightTrunc = prime; }

//Already found Left Truncatable Prime? if(leftTrunc == -1 ) { //Left Truncation String left = Integer.toString(prime); if(!left.contains("0")) { while( left.length() > 0 ){ int iLeft = Integer.parseInt(left); if(!primeList.get( iLeft >> 1)) break; left = left.substring(1); } if(left.length() == 0) leftTrunc = prime; } } if(leftTrunc != -1 && rightTrunc != -1) //Found both? then Stop loop { break; } } } System.out.println("Left Truncatable : " + leftTrunc); System.out.println("Right Truncatable : " + rightTrunc); } } </lang> Output :

Left  Truncatable : 998443
Right Truncatable : 739399

Julia

There are several features of Julia that make solving this task easy. Julia has excellent built-in support for prime generation and testing. The built-in mathematical functions prevpow and divrem are quite handy for implementing isltruncprime. <lang Julia> function isltruncprime{T<:Integer}(n::T, base::T=10)

   isprime(n) || return false
   p = n
   f = prevpow(base, p)
   while 1 < f
       (d, p) = divrem(p, f)
       isprime(p) || return false
       d != 0 || return false
       f = div(f, base)
   end
   return true

end

function isrtruncprime{T<:Integer}(n::T, base::T=10)

   isprime(n) || return false
   p = n
   while base < p
       p = div(p, base)
       isprime(p) || return false
   end
   return true

end

hi = 10^6

for i in reverse(primes(hi))

   isltruncprime(i) || continue
   println("The largest  left truncatable prime ≤ ", hi, " is ", i, ".")
   break

end

for i in reverse(primes(hi))

   isrtruncprime(i) || continue
   println("The largest right truncatable prime ≤ ", hi, " is ", i, ".")
   break

end </lang>

Output:
The largest  left truncatable prime ≤ 1000000 is 998443.
The largest right truncatable prime ≤ 1000000 is 739399.

Kotlin

Translation of: FreeBASIC

<lang scala>// version 1.0.5-2

fun isPrime(n: Int) : Boolean {

   if (n < 2) return false 
   if (n % 2 == 0) return n == 2
   if (n % 3 == 0) return n == 3
   var d : Int = 5
   while (d * d <= n) {
       if (n % d == 0) return false
       d += 2
       if (n % d == 0) return false
       d += 4
   }
   return true

}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

   var j: Char
   var p: Int
   var pow: Int
   var lMax: Int = 2
   var rMax: Int = 2
   var s: String
   
   // calculate maximum left truncatable prime less than 1 million
   loop@ for( i in 3..999997 step 2) {
       s = i.toString()
       if ('0' in s) continue
       j = s[s.length - 1]
       if (j == '1' || j == '9') continue
       p = i
       pow = 1
       for (k in 1..s.length - 1) pow *= 10
       while(pow > 1) {
           if (!isPrime(p)) continue@loop
           p %= pow
           pow /= 10
       }
       lMax = i
   }
   
   // calculate maximum right truncatable prime less than 1 million
   loop@ for( i in 3..799999 step 2) {
       s = i.toString()
       if ('0' in s) continue
       j = s[0]
       if (j == '1' || j == '4' || j == '6') continue
       p = i
       while(p > 0) {
           if (!isPrime(p)) continue@loop 
           p /= 10
       }
       rMax = i
   }
   
   println("Largest left  truncatable prime : " + lMax.toString())
   println("Largest right truncatable prime : " + rMax.toString())    

}</lang>

Output:
Largest left  truncatable prime : 998443
Largest right truncatable prime : 739399

Lua

<lang lua>max_number = 1000000

numbers = {} for i = 2, max_number do

   numbers[i] = i;

end

for i = 2, max_number do

   for j = i+1, max_number do
       if numbers[j] ~= 0 and j % i == 0 then numbers[j] = 0 end
   end

end

max_prime_left, max_prime_right = 2, 2 for i = 2, max_number do

   if numbers[i] ~= 0 then 
       local is_prime = true
       
       local l = math.floor( i / 10 )
       while l > 1 do
           if numbers[l] == 0 then
               is_prime = false
               break 
           end
           l = math.floor( l / 10 )
       end
       if is_prime then
           max_prime_left = i
       end
       
       is_prime = true
       local n = 10;
       while math.floor( i % 10 ) ~= 0 and n < max_number do
           if numbers[ math.floor( i % 10 ) ] ~= 0 then
               is_prime = false
               break
           end
           n = n * 10
       end    
       if is_prime then
           max_prime_right = i
       end
   end

end

print( "max_prime_left = ", max_prime_left ) print( "max_prime_right = ", max_prime_right )</lang>


Maple

<lang Maple> MaxTruncatablePrime := proc({left::truefalse:=FAIL, right::truefalse:=FAIL}, $) local i, j, c, p, b, n, sdprimes, dir; local tprimes := table();

   if left = true and right = true then
       error "invalid input";
   elif right = true then
       dir := "right";
   else
       dir := "left";
   end if;
   b := 10;
   n := 6;
   sdprimes := select(isprime, [seq(1..b-1)]);
   for p in sdprimes do
       if assigned(tprimes[p]) then
           next;
       end if;
       i := ilog[b](p)+1;
       j := 1;
       while p < b^n do
           if dir = "left" then
               c := j*b^i + p;
           else
               c := p*b + j;
           end if;
           if j >= b or c > b^n then # we have tried all 1 digit extensions of p, add p to tprimes and move back 1 digit
               tprimes[p] := p;
               if i = 1 then # if we are at the first digit,  go to the next 1 digit prime
                   break;
               end if;
               i := i - 1;
               j := 1;
               if dir = "left" then
                   p := p - iquo(p, b^i)*b^i;
               else
                   p := iquo(p, b);
               end if;
           elif assigned(tprimes[c]) then
               j := j + 1;    
           elif isprime(c) then
               p := c;
               i := i + 1;
               j := 1;
           else
               j := j+1;
           end if;
       end do;
   end do;
   return max(indices(tprimes, 'nolist'));

end proc;</lang>


> MaxTruncatablePrime(right); MaxTruncatablePrime(left);
                             739399
                             998443


Mathematica

<lang Mathematica>LeftTruncatablePrimeQ[n_] := Times @@ IntegerDigits[n] > 0 &&

 And @@ PrimeQ /@ ToExpression /@ StringJoin /@ 
     Rest[Most[NestList[Rest, #, Length[#]] &[Characters[ToString[n]]]]]

RightTruncatablePrimeQ[n_] := Times @@ IntegerDigits[n] > 0 &&

 And @@ PrimeQ /@ ToExpression /@ StringJoin /@ 
     Rest[Most[NestList[Most, #, Length[#]] &[Characters[ToString[n]]]]]</lang>

Example usage:

n = PrimePi[1000000]; While[Not[LeftTruncatablePrimeQ[Prime[n]]], n--]; Prime[n]
-> 998443

n = PrimePi[1000000]; While[Not[RightTruncatablePrimeQ[Prime[n]]], n--]; Prime[n]
-> 739399

MATLAB

largestTruncatablePrimes.m: <lang MATLAB>function largestTruncatablePrimes(boundary)

   %Helper function for checking if a prime is left of right truncatable
   function [leftTruncatable,rightTruncatable] = isTruncatable(prime,checkLeftTruncatable,checkRightTruncatable)
       numDigits = ceil(log10(prime)); %calculate the number of digits in the prime less one
       powersOfTen = 10.^(0:numDigits); %cache the needed powers of ten
       
       leftTruncated = mod(prime,powersOfTen); %generate a list of numbers by repeatedly left truncating the prime
 
       %leading zeros will cause duplicate entries thus it is possible to
       %detect leading zeros if we rotate the list to the left or right
       %and check for any equivalences with the original list
       hasLeadingZeros = any( circshift(leftTruncated,[0 1]) == leftTruncated ); 
       
       if( hasLeadingZeros || not(checkLeftTruncatable) )
           leftTruncatable = false;
       else
           %check if all of the left truncated numbers are prime
           leftTruncatable = all(isprime(leftTruncated(2:end)));
       end
       if( checkRightTruncatable )
           rightTruncated = (prime - leftTruncated) ./ powersOfTen; %generate a list of right truncated numbers
           rightTruncatable = all(isprime(rightTruncated(1:end-1))); %check if all the right truncated numbers are prime
       else
           rightTruncatable = false;
       end
   end %isTruncatable()
   nums = primes(boundary); %generate all primes <= boundary
   %Flags that indicate if the largest left or right truncatable prime has not
   %been found
   leftTruncateNotFound = true;
   rightTruncateNotFound = true;
   for prime = nums(end:-1:1) %Search through primes in reverse order
       %Get if the prime is left and/or right truncatable, ignoring
       %checking for right truncatable if it has already been found
       [leftTruncatable,rightTruncatable] = isTruncatable(prime,leftTruncateNotFound,rightTruncateNotFound);
       if( leftTruncateNotFound && leftTruncatable ) %print out largest left truncatable prime
           display([num2str(prime) ' is the largest left truncatable prime <= ' num2str(boundary) '.']);
           leftTruncateNotFound = false;
       end
       if( rightTruncateNotFound && rightTruncatable ) %print out largest right truncatable prime
           display([num2str(prime) ' is the largest right truncatable prime <= ' num2str(boundary) '.']);
           rightTruncateNotFound = false;
       end
       %Terminate loop when the largest left and right truncatable primes have
       %been found
       if( not(leftTruncateNotFound || rightTruncateNotFound) )
           break;
       end
   end

end </lang> Solution for n = 1,000,000: <lang MATLAB> >> largestTruncatablePrimes(1e6) 998443 is the largest left truncatable prime <= 1000000. 739399 is the largest right truncatable prime <= 1000000. </lang>

Nim

Translation of: Python

<lang nim>import sets, strutils, algorithm

proc primes(n: int64): seq[int64] =

 result = @[]
 var multiples = initSet[int64]()
 for i in 2..n:
   if i notin multiples:
     result.add i
     for j in countup(i*i, n, i.int):
       multiples.incl j

proc truncatablePrime(n: int64): tuple[left: int64, right: int64] =

 var
   primelist: seq[string] = @[]
 for x in primes(n):
   primelist.add($x)
 reverse primelist
 var primeset = toSet primelist
 for n in primelist:
   var alltruncs = initSet[string]()
   for i in 0..n.len-1:
     alltruncs.incl n[i..n.high]
   if alltruncs <= primeset:
     result.left = parseInt(n)
     break
 for n in primelist:
   var alltruncs = initSet[string]()
   for i in 0..n.len-1:
     alltruncs.incl n[0..i]
   if alltruncs <= primeset:
     result.right = parseInt(n)
     break

echo truncatablePrime(1000000'i64)</lang> Output:

(left: 998443, right: 739399)

ooRexx

<lang ooRexx> -- find largest left- & right-truncatable primes < 1 million. -- an initial set of primes (not, at this time, we leave out 2 because -- we'll automatically skip the even numbers. No point in doing a needless -- test each time through primes = .array~of(3, 5, 7, 11)

-- check all of the odd numbers up to 1,000,000 loop j = 13 by 2 to 1000000

 loop i = 1 to primes~size
     prime = primes[i]
     -- found an even prime divisor
     if j // prime == 0 then iterate j
     -- only check up to the square root
     if prime*prime > j then leave
 end
 -- we only get here if we don't find a divisor
 primes~append(j)

end

-- get a set of the primes that we can test more efficiently primeSet = .set~of(2) primeSet~putall(primes)


say 'The last prime is' primes[primes~last] "("primeSet~items 'primes under one million).' say copies('-',66)

lastLeft = 0

-- we're going to use the array version to do these in order. We're still -- missing "2", but that's not going to be the largest loop prime over primes

   -- values containing 0 can never work
   if prime~pos(0) \= 0 then iterate
   -- now start the truncations, checking against our set of
   -- known primes
   loop i = 1 for prime~length - 1
       subprime = prime~right(i)
       -- not in our known set, this can't work
       if \primeset~hasIndex(subprime) then iterate prime
   end
   -- this, by definition, with be the largest left-trunc prime
   lastLeft = prime

end -- now look for right-trunc primes lastRight = 0 loop prime over primes

   -- values containing 0 can never work
   if prime~pos(0) \= 0 then iterate
   -- now start the truncations, checking against our set of
   -- known primes
   loop i = 1 for prime~length - 1
       subprime = prime~left(i)
       -- not in our known set, this can't work
       if \primeset~hasIndex(subprime) then iterate prime
   end
   -- this, by definition, with be the largest left-trunc prime
   lastRight = prime

end

say 'The largest left-truncatable prime is' lastLeft '(under one million).' say 'The largest right-truncatable prime is' lastRight '(under one million).'

</lang> Output:

The last prime is 999983 (78498 primes under one million).
------------------------------------------------------------------
The largest  left-truncatable prime is 998443 (under one million).
The largest right-truncatable prime is 739399 (under one million).

OpenEdge/Progress

<lang progress>FUNCTION isPrime RETURNS LOGICAL (

  i_i AS INT

):

  DEF VAR ii AS INT.
  DO ii = 2 TO SQRT( i_i ):
     IF i_i MODULO ii = 0 THEN
        RETURN FALSE.
  END.
  RETURN TRUE AND i_i > 1.

END FUNCTION. /* isPrime */

FUNCTION isLeftTruncatablePrime RETURNS LOGICAL (

  i_i AS INT

):

  DEF VAR ii        AS INT.
  DEF VAR cc        AS CHAR.
  DEF VAR lresult   AS LOGICAL INITIAL TRUE.
  
  cc = STRING( i_i ).
  DO WHILE cc > "":
     lresult = lresult AND isPrime( INTEGER( cc ) ).
     cc = SUBSTRING( cc, 2 ).
  END.
  RETURN lresult.

END FUNCTION. /* isLeftTruncatablePrime */

FUNCTION isRightTruncatablePrime RETURNS LOGICAL (

  i_i AS INT

):

  DEF VAR ii        AS INT.
  DEF VAR cc        AS CHAR.
  DEF VAR lresult   AS LOGICAL INITIAL TRUE.
  
  cc = STRING( i_i ).
  DO WHILE cc > "":
     lresult = lresult AND isPrime( INTEGER( cc ) ).
     cc = SUBSTRING( cc, 1, LENGTH( cc ) - 1 ).
  END.
  RETURN lresult.

END FUNCTION. /* isRightTruncatablePrime */

FUNCTION getHighestTruncatablePrimes RETURNS CHARACTER (

  i_imax AS INTEGER

):

  DEF VAR ii        AS INT.
  DEF VAR ileft     AS INT.
  DEF VAR iright    AS INT.
  DO ii = i_imax TO 1 BY -1 WHILE ileft = 0 OR iright = 0:
     IF INDEX( STRING( ii ), "0" ) = 0 THEN DO:
        IF ileft = 0 AND isLeftTruncatablePrime( ii ) THEN
           ileft = ii.
        IF iright = 0 AND isRightTruncatablePrime( ii ) THEN
           iright = ii.
     END.
  END.
  RETURN SUBSTITUTE("Left: &1~nRight: &2", ileft, iright ).

END FUNCTION. /* getHighestTruncatablePrimes */

MESSAGE

  getHighestTruncatablePrimes( 1000000 )

VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

                         </lang>

Output:

---------------------------
Message
---------------------------
Left: 998443
Right: 739399
---------------------------
OK   
---------------------------

PARI/GP

This version builds the truncatable primes with up to k digits in a straightforward fashion. Run time is about 15 milliseconds, almost all of which is I/O. <lang parigp>left(n)={ my(v=[2,3,5,7],u,t=1,out=0); for(i=1,n, t*=10; u=[]; for(j=1,#v, forstep(a=t,t*9,t, if(isprime(a+v[j]),u=concat(u,a+v[j])) ) ); out=v[#v]; v=vecsort(u) ); out }; right(n)={ my(v=[2,3,5,7],u,out=0); for(i=1,n, u=[]; for(j=1,#v, forstep(a=1,9,[2,4], if(isprime(10*v[j]+a),u=concat(u,10*v[j]+a)) ) ); out=v[#v]; v=u ); out }; [left(6),right(6)]</lang>

Perl

Typically with Perl we'll look for a CPAN module to make our life easier. This basically just follows the task rules:

Library: ntheory

<lang perl>use ntheory ":all"; sub isltrunc {

 my $n = shift;
 return (is_prime($n) && $n !~ /0/ && ($n < 10 || isltrunc(substr($n,1))));

} sub isrtrunc {

 my $n = shift;
 return (is_prime($n) && $n !~ /0/ && ($n < 10 || isrtrunc(substr($n,0,-1))));

} for (reverse @{primes(1e6)}) {

 if (isltrunc($_)) { print "ltrunc: $_\n"; last; }

} for (reverse @{primes(1e6)}) {

 if (isrtrunc($_)) { print "rtrunc: $_\n"; last; }

}</lang>

Output:
ltrunc: 998443
rtrunc: 739399

We can be a little more Perlish and build up n-digit lists then select the last one: <lang perl>use ntheory ":all";

my @lprimes = my @rprimes = (2,3,5,7);

@lprimes = sort { $a <=> $b }

          map { my $p=$_; map { is_prime($_.$p) ? $_.$p : () } 1..9 } @lprimes
 for 2..6;

@rprimes = sort { $a <=> $b }

          map { my $p=$_; map { is_prime($p.$_) ? $p.$_ : () } 1..9 } @rprimes
 for 2..6;

print "ltrunc: $lprimes[-1]\nrtrunc: $rprimes[-1]\n";</lang>

Or we can do everything ourselves: <lang perl>#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict;

use constant {

   LEFT  => 0,
   RIGHT => 1,

};

{ my @primes = (2, 3);

   sub is_prime {
       my $n = shift;
       return if $n < 2;
       for my $prime (@primes) {
           last if $prime >= $n;
           return unless $n % $prime;
       }
       my $sqrt = sqrt $n;
       while ($primes[-1] < $sqrt) {
           my $new = 2 + $primes[-1];
           $new += 2 until is_prime($new);
           push @primes, $new;
           return unless $n % $new;
       }
       return 1;
   }

}


sub trunc {

   my ($n, $side) = @_;
   substr $n, $side == LEFT ? 0 : -1, 1, q();
   return $n;

}


sub is_tprime { # Absence of zeroes is tested outside the sub.

   my ($n, $side) = @_;
   return (is_prime($n)
           and (1 == length $n or is_tprime(trunc($n, $side), $side)));

}


my $length = 6; my @tprimes = ('9' x $length) x 2; for my $side (LEFT, RIGHT) {

   $tprimes[$side] -= 2 until -1 == index $tprimes[$side], '0'
                              and is_tprime($tprimes[$side], $side);

}

print 'left ', join(', right ', @tprimes), "\n";</lang>

Output:
left 998443, right 739399

Perl 6

Works with: Rakudo version 2015.09

<lang perl6>constant ltp = $[2, 3, 5, 7], -> @ltp {

   $[ grep { .&is-prime }, ((1..9) X~ @ltp) ]

} ... *;

constant rtp = $[2, 3, 5, 7], -> @rtp {

   $[ grep { .&is-prime }, (@rtp X~ (1..9)) ]

} ... *;

say "Highest ltp = ", ltp[5][*-1]; say "Highest rtp = ", rtp[5][*-1];</lang>

Output:
Highest ltp: 998443
Highest rtp: 739399

Phix

A slightly different approach. Works up to N=8, quite fast - 10^8 in 5s with ~90% of time spent creating the basic sieve and ~10% propagation and final scan. <lang Phix>constant N = 6, limit = power(10,N) -- standard sieve: enum L,R -- (with primes[i] as mini bit-field) sequence primes = repeat(L+R, limit) primes[1] = 0 for i=2 to floor(sqrt(limit)) do

   if primes[i] then
       for k=i*i to limit by i do
           primes[k] = 0
       end for
   end if

end for

-- propagate non-truncateables up the prime table: for p=1 to N-1 do

   integer p10 = power(10,p)       -- ie 10, 100, .. 100_000
   for i=p10+1 to p10*10-1 by 2 do -- to 99, 999, .. 999_999
       if primes[i] then
           integer l = remainder(i,p10),
                   r = floor(i/10)
           integer pi = and_bits(primes[l],L)+and_bits(primes[r],R)
           if pi and find('0',sprint(i)) then pi = 0 end if
           primes[i] = pi
       end if
   end for

end for

integer maxl=0, maxr=0

for i=limit-1 to 1 by -2 do

   integer pi = primes[i]
   if pi then
       if maxl=0 and and_bits(pi,L) then maxl = i end if
       if maxr=0 and and_bits(pi,R) then maxr = i end if
       if maxl!=0 and maxr!=0 then exit end if
   end if

end for ?{maxl,maxr}</lang>

Output:
{998443,739399}

PicoLisp

<lang PicoLisp>(load "@lib/rsa.l") # Use the 'prime?' function from RSA package

(de truncatablePrime? (N Fun)

  (for (L (chop N) L (Fun L))
     (T (= "0" (car L)))
     (NIL (prime? (format L)))
     T ) )

(let (Left 1000000 Right 1000000)

  (until (truncatablePrime? (dec 'Left) cdr))
  (until (truncatablePrime? (dec 'Right) '((L) (cdr (rot L)))))
  (cons Left Right) )</lang>

Output:

-> (998443 . 739399)

PL/I

<lang PL/I> tp: procedure options (main);

   declare primes(1000000) bit (1);
   declare max_primes fixed binary (31);
   declare (i, k) fixed binary (31);
   max_primes = hbound(primes, 1);
   call sieve;
  /* Now search for primes that are right-truncatable. */
  call right_truncatable;
  /* Now search for primes that are left-truncatable. */
  call left_truncatable;

right_truncatable: procedure;

  declare direction bit (1);
  declare (i, k) fixed binary (31);

test_truncatable:

  do i = max_primes to 2 by -1;
     if primes(i) then /* it's a prime */
        do;
           k = i/10;
           do while (k > 0);
              if ^primes(k) then iterate test_truncatable;
              k = k/10;
           end;
           put skip list (i || ' is right-truncatable');
           return;
        end;
  end;

end right_truncatable;

left_truncatable: procedure;

  declare direction bit (1);
  declare (i, k, d, e) fixed binary (31);

test_truncatable:

  do i = max_primes to 2 by -1;
     if primes(i) then /* it's a prime */
        do;
           k = i;
           do d = 100000 repeat d/10 until (d = 10);
              e = k/d;
              k = k - e*d;
              if e = 0 then iterate test_truncatable;
              if ^primes(k) then iterate test_truncatable;
           end;
           put skip list (i || ' is left-truncatable');
           return;
        end;
  end;

end left_truncatable;

sieve: procedure;

  declare (i, j) fixed binary (31);
  primes = '1'b; primes(1) = '0'b;
  do i = 2 to sqrt(max_primes);
     do j = i+i to max_primes by i;
        primes(j) = '0'b;
     end;
  end;

end sieve;

end tp; </lang>

        739399 is right-truncatable
        998443 is left-truncatable

PowerShell

<lang PowerShell>function IsPrime ( [int] $num ) {

   $isprime = @{}
   2..[math]::sqrt($num) | Where-Object {
       $isprime[$_] -eq $null } | ForEach-Object {
       $_
       $isprime[$_] = $true
       for ( $i=$_*$_ ; $i -le $num; $i += $_ )
       { $isprime[$i] = $false }
   }
   2..$num | Where-Object { $isprime[$_] -eq $null }

}

function Truncatable ( [int] $num ) {

   $declen = [math]::abs($num).ToString().Length
   $primes = @()
   $ltprimes = @{}
   $rtprimes = @{}
   1..$declen | ForEach-Object { $ltprimes[$_]=@{}; $rtprimes[$_]=@{} }
   IsPrime $num | ForEach-Object { 
       $lastltprime = 2
       $lastrtprime = 2
   } { 
       $curprim = $_
       $curdeclen = $curprim.ToString().Length
       $primes += $curprim
       if( $curdeclen -eq 1 ) {
           $ltprimes[1][$curprim] = $true
           $rtprimes[1][$curprim] = $true
           $lastltprime = $curprim
           $lastrtprime = $curprim
       } else {
           $curmod = $curprim % [math]::pow(10,$curdeclen - 1)
           $curdiv = [math]::floor($curprim / 10)
           if( $ltprimes[$curdeclen - 1][[int]$curmod] ) { 
               $ltprimes[$curdeclen][$curprim] = $true
               $lastltprime = $curprim
           }
           if( $rtprimes[$curdeclen - 1][[int]$curdiv] ) { 
               $rtprimes[$curdeclen][$curprim] = $true 
               $lastrtprime = $curprim
           }
       }
       if( ( $ltprimes[$curdeclen - 2].Keys.count -gt 0 ) -and ( $ltprimes[$curdeclen - 1].Keys.count -gt 0 ) ) { $ltprimes[$curdeclen -2] = @{} }
       if( ( $rtprimes[$curdeclen - 2].Keys.count -gt 0 ) -and ( $rtprimes[$curdeclen - 1].Keys.count -gt 0 ) ) { $rtprimes[$curdeclen -2] = @{} }
   } {
       "Largest Left Truncatable Prime: $lastltprime"
       "Largest Right Truncatable Prime: $lastrtprime"
   }

}</lang>

PureBasic

<lang PureBasic>#MaxLim = 999999

Procedure is_Prime(n)

 If     n<=1 : ProcedureReturn #False
 ElseIf n<4  : ProcedureReturn #True
 ElseIf n%2=0: ProcedureReturn #False
 ElseIf n<9  : ProcedureReturn #True
 ElseIf n%3=0: ProcedureReturn #False
 Else
   Protected r=Round(Sqr(n),#PB_Round_Down)
   Protected f=5
   While f<=r
     If n%f=0 Or n%(f+2)=0
       ProcedureReturn #False
     EndIf
     f+6
   Wend
 EndIf
 ProcedureReturn #True

EndProcedure

Procedure TruncateLeft(n)

 Protected s.s=Str(n), l=Len(s)-1
 If Not FindString(s,"0",1)
   While l>0
     s=Right(s,l)
     If Not is_Prime(Val(s))
       ProcedureReturn #False
     EndIf
     l-1
   Wend
   ProcedureReturn #True
 EndIf

EndProcedure

Procedure TruncateRight(a)

 Repeat
   a/10
   If Not a
     Break
   ElseIf Not is_Prime(a) Or a%10=0
     ProcedureReturn #False
   EndIf
 ForEver
 ProcedureReturn #True

EndProcedure

i=#MaxLim Repeat

 If is_Prime(i)
   If Not truncateleft And TruncateLeft(i)
     truncateleft=i
   EndIf
   If Not truncateright And TruncateRight(i)
     truncateright=i
   EndIf
 EndIf
 If truncateleft And truncateright
   Break 
 Else
   i-2
 EndIf 

Until i<=0

x.s="Largest TruncateLeft= "+Str(truncateleft) y.s="Largest TruncateRight= "+Str(truncateright)

MessageRequester("Truncatable primes",x+#CRLF$+y)</lang>

Python

<lang python>maxprime = 1000000

def primes(n):

   multiples = set()
   prime = []
   for i in range(2, n+1):
       if i not in multiples:
           prime.append(i)
           multiples.update(set(range(i*i, n+1, i)))
   return prime

def truncatableprime(n):

   'Return a longest left and right truncatable primes below n'
   primelist = [str(x) for x in primes(n)[::-1]]
   primeset = set(primelist)
   for n in primelist:
       # n = 'abc'; [n[i:] for i in range(len(n))] -> ['abc', 'bc', 'c']
       alltruncs = set(n[i:] for i in range(len(n)))
       if alltruncs.issubset(primeset):
           truncateleft = int(n)
           break
   for n in primelist:
       # n = 'abc'; [n[:i+1] for i in range(len(n))] -> ['a', 'ab', 'abc']
       alltruncs = set([n[:i+1] for i in range(len(n))])
       if alltruncs.issubset(primeset):
           truncateright = int(n)
           break
   return truncateleft, truncateright

print(truncatableprime(maxprime))</lang>

Sample Output

(998443, 739399)

Racket

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(require math/number-theory)

(define (truncate-right n)

 (quotient n 10))

(define (truncate-left n)

 (define s (number->string n))
 (string->number (substring s 1 (string-length s))))

(define (contains-zero? n)

 (member #\0 (string->list (number->string n))))

(define (truncatable? truncate n)

 (and (prime? n)
      (not (contains-zero? n))
      (or (< n 10)
          (truncatable? truncate (truncate n)))))
largest left truncatable prime

(for/first ([n (in-range 1000000 1 -1)]

           #:when (truncatable? truncate-left n))
 n)
largest right truncatable prime

(for/first ([n (in-range 1000000 1 -1)]

           #:when (truncatable? truncate-right n))
 n)
Output

998443 739399 </lang>

REXX

Extra code was added to the prime number generator as this is the section of the REXX program that consumes the vast majority of the computation time. <lang REXX>/*REXX program finds largest left─ and right─truncatable primes ≤ 1m (or argument 1).*/ parse arg high .; if high== then high=1000000 /*Not specified? Then use 1m*/ !.=0; w=length(high) /*placeholders for primes; max width. */ @.1=2; @.2=3; @.3=5; @.4=7; @.5=11; @.6=13; @.7=17 /*define some low primes. */ !.2=1;  !.3=1;  !.5=1;  !.7=1;  !.11=1;  !.13=1;  !.17=1 /*set some low prime flags. */

  1. =7; s.#=@.#**2 /*number of primes so far; prime². */
                                                /* [↓]  generate more  primes  ≤  high.*/
  do j=@.#+2  by 2  for max(0, high%2-@.#%2-1)  /*only find odd primes from here on out*/
                       if j// 3==0 then iterate /*is J divisible by three?             */
  parse var j  -1 _; if     _==5 then iterate /* " "     "      " five? (right digit)*/
                       if j// 7==0 then iterate /* " "     "      " seven?             */
                       if j//11==0 then iterate /* " "     "      " eleven?            */
                       if j//13==0 then iterate /* " "     "      " thirteen?          */
                                                /* [↑]  the above five lines saves time*/
         do k=7  while s.k<=j                   /* [↓]  divide by the known odd primes.*/
         if j//@.k==0  then iterate j           /*Is J ÷  X?  Then not prime.    ___   */
         end   /*k*/                            /* [↑]  only process up to the  √ J    */
  #=#+1                                         /*bump the number of primes found.     */
  @.#=j;      s.#=j*j;     !.j=1                /*assign next prime;  prime²;  prime #.*/
  end         /*j*/
                                                /* [↓]  find largest left truncatable P*/
 do L=#  by -1  for #;    digs=length(@.L)      /*search from top end;  get the length.*/
       do k=1  for digs;  _=right(@.L, k)       /*validate all left truncatable primes.*/
       if \!._  then iterate L                  /*Truncated number not prime?  Skip it.*/
       end   /*k*/
 leave                                          /*egress, found left truncatable prime.*/
 end         /*L*/
                                                /* [↓]  find largest right truncated P.*/
 do R=#  by -1  for #;    digs=length(@.R)      /*search from top end;  get the length.*/
       do k=1  for digs;  _=left(@.R, k)        /*validate all right truncatable primes*/
       if \!._  then iterate R                  /*Truncated number not prime?  Skip it.*/
       end   /*k*/
 leave                                          /*egress, found right truncatable prime*/
 end         /*R*/
                                                /* [↓]  show largest left/right trunc P*/

say 'The last prime found is ' @.# " (there are" # 'primes ≤' high")." say copies('─', 70) /*show a separator line for the output.*/ say 'The largest left─truncatable prime ≤' high " is " right(@.L, w) say 'The largest right─truncatable prime ≤' high " is " right(@.R, w)

                                                /*stick a fork in it,  we're all done. */</lang>

output   when using the default input:

The last prime found is  999983  (there are 78498 primes ≤ 1000000).
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
The largest  left─truncatable prime ≤ 1000000  is   998443
The largest right─truncatable prime ≤ 1000000  is   739399

Ring

<lang ring>

  1. Project : Truncatable primes

for n = 1000000 to 1 step -1

   flag = 1
   flag2 = 1
   strn = string(n)
   for nr = 1 to len(strn)
       if strn[nr] = "0"
          flag2 = 0
       ok
   next
   if flag2 = 1
      for m = 1 to len(strn)
          strp = right(strn, m)
          if isprime(number(strp))
          else
             flag = 0
             exit
          ok
      next
      if flag = 1
         nend = n
         exit
      ok
   ok

next see "Largest left truncatable prime : " + nend + nl

for n = 1000000 to 1 step -1

   flag = 1
   strn = string(n)
   for m = 1 to len(strn)
       strp = left(strn, len(strn) - m + 1)
       if isprime(number(strp))
       else
          flag = 0
          exit
       ok
   next
   if flag = 1 
      nend = n
      exit
   ok

next see "Largest right truncatable prime : " + nend + nl

func isprime num

    if (num <= 1) return 0 ok
    if (num % 2 = 0 and num != 2) return 0 ok
    for i = 3 to floor(num / 2) -1 step 2
        if (num % i = 0) return 0 ok
    next
    return 1

</lang> Output:

Largest left  truncatable prime : 998443
Largest right truncatable prime : 739399

Ruby

<lang ruby>def left_truncatable?(n)

 truncatable?(n) {|i| i.to_s[1..-1].to_i}

end


def right_truncatable?(n)

 truncatable?(n) {|i| i/10}

end

def truncatable?(n, &trunc_func)

 return false if n.to_s.include? "0"
 loop do
   n = trunc_func.call(n)
   return true if n.zero?
   return false unless Prime.prime?(n)
 end

end

require 'prime' primes = Prime.each(1_000_000).to_a.reverse

p primes.detect {|p| left_truncatable? p} p primes.detect {|p| right_truncatable? p}</lang>

returns

998443
739399

An Alternative Approach

Setting BASE to 10 and MAX to 6 in the Ruby example here Produces:

The largest left truncatable prime less than 1000000 in base 10 is 998443

Scala

This example uses lazily evaluated lists. The functions to determine if a number is a truncatable prime construct a list of truncated numbers and check that all the elements in the list are prime. <lang scala>object TruncatablePrimes {

 def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
   val max = 1000000
   
   println(
     s"""|ltPrime: ${ltPrimes.takeWhile(_ <= max).last}
         |rtPrime: ${rtPrimes.takeWhile(_ <= max).last}
         |""".stripMargin)
 }
 
 def ltPrimes: LazyList[Int] = 2 #:: LazyList.from(3, 2).filter(isLeftTruncPrime)
 def rtPrimes: LazyList[Int] = 2 #:: LazyList.from(3, 2).filter(isRightTruncPrime)
 
 def isPrime(num: Int): Boolean = (num > 1) && !LazyList.range(3, math.sqrt(num).toInt + 1, 2).exists(num%_ == 0)
 def isLeftTruncPrime(num: Int): Boolean = !num.toString.contains('0') && Iterator.unfold(num.toString){str => if(str.nonEmpty) Some((str.toInt, str.tail)) else None}.forall(isPrime)
 def isRightTruncPrime(num: Int): Boolean = !num.toString.exists(_.asDigit%2 == 0) && Iterator.unfold(num.toString){str => if(str.nonEmpty) Some((str.toInt, str.init)) else None}.forall(isPrime)

}</lang>

Output:
ltPrime: 998443
rtPrime: 739399

Sidef

<lang ruby>func t_prime(n, left=true) {

   var p = %w(2 3 5 7);
   var f = (
       left ? { '1'..'9' ~X+ p }
            : { p ~X+ '1'..'9' }
   )
   n.times {
       p = f().grep{ .to_i.is_prime }
   }
   p.map{.to_i}.max

}

say t_prime(5, left: true) say t_prime(5, left: false)</lang>

Output:
998443
739399

Tcl

<lang tcl>package require Tcl 8.5

  1. Optimized version of the Sieve-of-Eratosthenes task solution

proc sieve n {

   set primes [list]
   if {$n < 2} {return $primes}
   set nums [dict create]
   for {set i 2} {$i <= $n} {incr i} {
       dict set nums $i ""
   }
   set next 2
   set limit [expr {sqrt($n)}]
   while {$next <= $limit} {
       for {set i $next} {$i <= $n} {incr i $next} {dict unset nums $i}
       lappend primes $next

dict for {next -} $nums break

   }
   return [concat $primes [dict keys $nums]]

}

proc isLeftTruncatable n {

   global isPrime
   while {[string length $n] > 0} {

if {![info exist isPrime($n)]} { return false } set n [string range $n 1 end]

   }
   return true

} proc isRightTruncatable n {

   global isPrime
   while {[string length $n] > 0} {

if {![info exist isPrime($n)]} { return false } set n [string range $n 0 end-1]

   }
   return true

}

  1. Demo code

set limit 1000000 puts "calculating primes up to $limit" set primes [sieve $limit] puts "search space contains [llength $primes] members" foreach p $primes {

   set isPrime($p) "yes"

} set primes [lreverse $primes]

puts "searching for largest left-truncatable prime" foreach p $primes {

   if {[isLeftTruncatable $p]} {

puts FOUND:$p break

   }

}

puts "searching for largest right-truncatable prime" foreach p $primes {

   if {[isRightTruncatable $p]} {

puts FOUND:$p break

   }

}</lang> Output:

calculating primes up to 1000000
search space contains 78498 members
searching for largest left-truncatable prime
FOUND:998443
searching for largest right-truncatable prime
FOUND:739399

VBScript

<lang vb> start_time = Now

lt = 0 rt = 0

For h = 1 To 1000000 If IsLeftTruncatable(h) And h > lt Then lt = h End If If IsRightTruncatable(h) And h > rt Then rt = h End If Next

end_time = now

WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Largest LTP from 1..1000000: " & lt WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Largest RTP from 1..1000000: " & rt WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Elapse Time(seconds)  : " & DateDiff("s",start_time,end_time)

'------------ Function IsLeftTruncatable(n) IsLeftTruncatable = False c = 0 For i = Len(n) To 1 Step -1 If InStr(1,n,"0") > 0 Then Exit For End If If IsPrime(Right(n,i)) Then c = c + 1 End If Next If c = Len(n) Then IsLeftTruncatable = True End If End Function

Function IsRightTruncatable(n) IsRightTruncatable = False c = 0 For i = Len(n) To 1 Step -1 If InStr(1,n,"0") > 0 Then Exit For End If If IsPrime(Left(n,i)) Then c = c + 1 End If Next If c = Len(n) Then IsRightTruncatable = True End If End Function

Function IsPrime(n) If n = 2 Then IsPrime = True ElseIf n <= 1 Or n Mod 2 = 0 Then IsPrime = False Else IsPrime = True For i = 3 To Int(Sqr(n)) Step 2 If n Mod i = 0 Then IsPrime = False Exit For End If Next End If End Function </lang>

Output:
Largest LTP from 1..1000000: 998443
Largest RTP from 1..1000000: 739399
Elapse Time(seconds)       : 49

XPL0

<lang XPL0>code CrLf=9, IntOut=11;

func Prime(P); \Return true if P is a prime number int P; \(1 is not prime, but 2 is, etc.) int I; [if P<=1 then return false; \negative numbers are not prime for I:= 2 to sqrt(P) do

       if rem(P/I) = 0 then return false;

return true; ];

func RightTrunc(N); \Return largest right-truncatable prime < one million int N; int M; [for N:= 1_000_000-1 downto 2 do

       [M:= N;
       loop    [if not Prime(M) then quit;
               M:= M/10;
               if rem(0) = 0 then quit;        \no zeros allowed
               if M=0 then return N;
               ];
       ];

];

func LeftTrunc(N); \Return largest left-truncatable prime < one million int N; int M, P; [for N:= 1_000_000-1 downto 2 do

       [M:= N;
       P:=100_000;
       loop    [if not Prime(M) then quit;
               M:= rem(M/P);
               P:= P/10;
               if M<P then quit;               \no zeros allowed
               if M=0 then return N;
               ];
       ];

];

[IntOut(0, LeftTrunc); CrLf(0);

IntOut(0, RightTrunc); CrLf(0);

]</lang>

Output:

998443
739399

zkl

Using Extensible prime generator#zkl and a one meg bucket of bytes, construct a yes/no lookup table for all primes <= one million (<80,000). <lang zkl>const million=0d1_000_000;

var pTable=Data(million+1,Int).fill(0); // actually bytes, all zero primes:=Utils.Generator(Import("sieve").postponed_sieve); while((p:=primes.next())<million){ pTable[p]=1; }

fcn rightTrunc(n){

  while(n){ if(not pTable[n]) return(False); n/=10; }
  True

} fcn leftTrunc(n){ // 999,907 is not allowed

  ns:=n.toString(); if (ns.holds("0")) return(False);
  while(ns){ if(not pTable[ns]) return(False); ns=ns[1,*]; }
  True

}</lang> <lang zkl>[million..0,-1].filter1(rightTrunc):

  "%,d is a right truncatable prime".fmt(_).println();

[million..0,-1].filter1(leftTrunc):

  "%,d is a left truncatable prime".fmt(_).println();</lang>
Output:
739,399 is a right truncatable prime
998,443 is a left truncatable prime