Printing prime numbers

Question

if i input 5 how do i make the output to be 2 3 5 7 11?

Answer 1

"""
Improved and optimized version of @StarLord code:
for 10000 prime numbers, takes around 20s instead
more than 2mn otherwise, in same context... meaning
also at first running call for the above version, which
will benefits from storing previous founded primes on
calling function next times ^^
"""

import math

primes = [2] # need at least to be initializated with one prime value
def is_prime(x):
global primes
if x == 0 or x == 1:
return False
if x in primes:
return True
srx = math.sqrt(x)
p = 0
for p in primes:
if p > srx:
primes.append(x)
return True
if x % p == 0:
return False
for y in range(p+1,round(srx)):
if is_prime(y):
primes.append(y)
if x % y == 0:
return False
return True

while True:
try:
i = int(input("How many prime numbers ( none for exit )? "))
except:
break
if i == 0:
break
count = len(primes)
if i <= count:
print('\n'.join([str(x) for x in primes[:i]]))
else:
print('\n'.join([str(x) for x in primes]))
if count != 0:
number = primes[-1] + 1
else:
number = 2
while count < i:
if is_prime(number):
print(number)
count += 1
number += 1