Simple prime number generator in Python

Question

Could someone please tell me what I\'m doing wrong with this code? It is just printing \'count\' anyway. I just want a very simple prime generator (nothing fancy).

Answer 1

import time

maxnum=input("You want the prime number of 1 through....")

n=2
prime=[]
start=time.time()

while n<=maxnum:

    d=2.0
    pr=True
    cntr=0

    while d