closest


Description:

public uint closest (uint num)

Gets the smallest prime number from a built-in array of primes which is larger than num.

This is used within GLib to calculate the optimum size of a GenericSet.

The built-in array of primes ranges from 11 to 13845163 such that each prime is approximately 1.5-2 times the previous prime.

Parameters:

num

a uint

Returns:

the smallest prime number from a built-in array of primes which is larger than num


Namespace: GLib.SpacedPrimes
Package: glib-2.0