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/*
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<Integer> sieve(int n)
{
if(n < 2)
return new LinkedList<Integer>();
LinkedList<Integer> primes = new LinkedList<Integer>();
LinkedList<Integer> nums = new LinkedList<Integer>();
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]