September Morn Update

Task/Pernicious-numbers/Visual-Basic-.NET/pernicious-numbers.visual

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+Module Module1
+
+    Function PopulationCount(n As Long) As Integer
+        Dim cnt = 0
+        Do
+            If (n Mod 2) <> 0 Then
+                cnt += 1
+            End If
+            n >>= 1
+        Loop While n > 0
+        Return cnt
+    End Function
+
+    Function IsPrime(x As Integer) As Boolean
+        If x <= 2 OrElse (x Mod 2) = 0 Then
+            Return x = 2
+        End If
+
+        Dim limit = Math.Sqrt(x)
+        For i = 3 To limit Step 2
+            If x Mod i = 0 Then
+                Return False
+            End If
+        Next
+
+        Return True
+    End Function
+
+    Function Pernicious(start As Integer, count As Integer, take As Integer) As IEnumerable(Of Integer)
+        Return Enumerable.Range(start, count).Where(Function(n) IsPrime(PopulationCount(n))).Take(take)
+    End Function
+
+    Sub Main()
+        For Each n In Pernicious(0, Integer.MaxValue, 25)
+            Console.Write("{0} ", n)
+        Next
+        Console.WriteLine()
+
+        For Each n In Pernicious(888888877, 11, 11)
+            Console.Write("{0} ", n)
+        Next
+        Console.WriteLine()
+    End Sub
+
+End Module