Create NearestPrime.py

Title: 
Find the Nearest Prime Number

Description: 
This program determines the closest prime number to a given integer a. It checks both higher and lower values relative to a and compares their distances to identify the nearest prime. If two primes are equidistant, it selects the smaller one.

Python/NearestPrime.py

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+a=int(input("Enter the number:"))
+for i in range(a+1):
+    prime=a+i
+    count=0
+    check=False 
+    for j in range(1,prime+1):
+         if(prime%j==0):
+              count+=1
+    if count==2:
+         check=True
+    if check:
+       n=i
+       break
+
+for i in range(a+1):
+    prime=a-i
+    count=0
+    check=False 
+    for j in range(1,prime+1):
+         if(prime%j==0):
+              count+=1
+    if count==2:
+         check=True
+    if check:
+       p=i
+       break
+
+if n>p:
+    print("Nearest prime is",a+p)
+else:
+    print("Nearest prime is",a+n)
+