Python | sympy.prime() method

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:

# 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:

# 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