# L-3 MCS 275 Fri 15 Jan 2010 : sieve.py # The sieve of Erathostenes with numpy arrays. from numpy import * def PrimeSieve(n): "returns all primes less than n" isprime = ones(n+1,bool) i = 2 while(i < n/i): if isprime[i]: for j in range(i,n/i+1): isprime[i*j] = False i = i + 1 L = [] for i in range(2,n+1): if isprime[i]: L.append(i) return L n = input('give n : ') p = PrimeSieve(n) print '#primes = ', len(p) print ' primes = ', p