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+"""
+== Twin Prime ==
+A number n+2 is said to be a Twin prime of number n if
+both n and n+2 are prime.
+
+Examples of Twin pairs: (3, 5), (5, 7), (11, 13), (17, 19), (29, 31), (41, 43), ...
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_prime
+"""
+
+# Author : Akshay Dubey (https://github.com/itsAkshayDubey)
+from maths.prime_check import is_prime
+
+
+def twin_prime(number: int) -> int:
+    """
+    # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+    This functions takes an integer number as input.
+    returns n+2 if n and n+2 are prime numbers and -1 otherwise.
+    >>> twin_prime(3)
+    5
+    >>> twin_prime(4)
+    -1
+    >>> twin_prime(5)
+    7
+    >>> twin_prime(17)
+    19
+    >>> twin_prime(0)
+    -1
+    >>> twin_prime(6.0)
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
+    TypeError: Input value of [number=6.0] must be an integer
+    """
+    if not isinstance(number, int):
+        raise TypeError(f"Input value of [number={number}] must be an integer")
+    if is_prime(number) and is_prime(number + 2):
+        return number + 2
+    else:
+        return -1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()