Java.math.BigInteger.probablePrime() Method

Description

The java.math.BigInteger.probablePrime(int bitLength, Random rnd) returns a positive BigInteger that is probably prime, with the specified bitLength. The probability that a BigInteger returned by this method is composite does not exceed 2^-100.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.math.BigInteger.probablePrime() method

public static BigInteger probablePrime(int bitLength, Random rnd)

Parameters

• bitLength - bitLength of the returned BigInteger

• rnd - source of random bits used to select candidates to be tested for primality

Return Value

This method returns a BigInteger of bitLength bits that is probably prime.

Exception

• ArithmeticException - if bitLength < 2

Example

The following example shows the usage of math.BigInteger.probablePrime() method

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.math.*;
import java.util.*;

public class BigIntegerDemo {

public static void main(String[] args) {

	// create a BigInteger object
	BigInteger bi;

	// create and assign value to bitLength
	int bitLength = 3;

	// create a random object
	Random rnd = new Random();

	// assign probablePrime result to bi using bitLength and rnd
	// static method is called using class name
	bi = BigInteger.probablePrime(bitLength, rnd);

	String str = "ProbablePrime of bitlength " + bitLength + " is " +bi;

	// print bi value
	System.out.println( str );
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

ProbablePrime of bitlength 3 is 5