/* This is java program to implement Wheel Seive method to generate the prime numbers from 2 to the given limit. This algorithm reduces the time by checking only till n^2. */ //This is a sample program to print all the prime numbers between 2 and n import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.Scanner; public class Sieve_Method { public static LinkedList sieve(int n) { if(n < 2) return new LinkedList(); LinkedList primes = new LinkedList(); LinkedList nums = new LinkedList(); for(int i = 2; i <= n; i++) { //unoptimized nums.add(i); } while(nums.size() > 0) { int nextPrime = nums.remove(); for(int i = nextPrime * nextPrime; i <= n; i += nextPrime) { nums.removeFirstOccurrence(i); } primes.add(nextPrime); } return primes; } public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println("Enter the upper bound : "); Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); int end = sc.nextInt(); System.out.println(sieve(end)); sc.close(); } } /* Enter the upper bound : 70 [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67]