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checkPrimeSync - crypto - Node documentation
function checkPrimeSync

Usage in Deno

import { checkPrimeSync } from "node:crypto";
checkPrimeSync(
candidate: LargeNumberLike,
): boolean

Checks the primality of the candidate.

Parameters

candidate: LargeNumberLike

A possible prime encoded as a sequence of big endian octets of arbitrary length.

optional
options: CheckPrimeOptions

Return Type

boolean

true if the candidate is a prime with an error probability less than 0.25 ** options.checks.