The sum of the primes below 10 is 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 17.
Find the sum of all the primes below two million.
static void Main(string[] args) { long startTime, endTime; startTime = DateTime.Now.Ticks; bool[] p = new bool[2000000]; Int64 a, t, max,sum = 0; max = 2000000; for (a = 0; a < max; a++) { p[a] = false; } p[2] = true; for (a = 3; a < max; a += 2) { p[a] = true; } t=3; do { for (a = 3 * t; a < max; a += 2 * t) { p[a] = false; } t = t + 2; }while(t<max); t = 1; a = 1; sum = 2; for (a = 3; a < max; a+=2) { if (p[a] == true) sum += a; } endTime = DateTime.Now.Ticks; Console.WriteLine("Result:{0} runtime:{1}ms",sum,(endTime-startTime)/10000.0); Console.ReadLine(); }