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In sympy module, we can get the previous prime number for a given number n using sympy.prevprime() function. For n < 2^64 the answer is definitive; larger n values have a small probability of actually being pseudoprimes. 
 

Syntax:  sympy.prevprime()
Parameter:  n; number to be tested
Return:  previous prime value

Code #1: 

Python3




# Python program to get previous prime number
# using sympy.prevprime() method
  
# importing sympy module
from sympy import *
  
# calling prevprime function on different numbers
geek1 = prevprime(7)
geek2 = prevprime(13)
  
print(geek1)
print(geek2)


Output: 
 

5
11

Code #2: 

Python3




# Python program to check prime number
# using sympy.prevprime() method
  
# importing sympy module
import sympy.ntheory as nt
  
# calling prevprime function on different numbers
nt.prevprime(2)


Output: 
 

ValueError: no preceding primes

 


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