Daily Coding Problem: Problem #677
/** *The Sieve of Eratosthenes is an algorithm used to generate all prime numbers smaller than N. * The method is to take increasingly larger prime numbers, and mark their multiples as composite. For example, to find all primes less than 100, we would first mark [4, 6, 8, ...] (multiples of two), then [6, 9, 12, ...] (multiples of three), and so on. Once we have done this for all primes less than N, the unmarked numbers that remain will be prime. Implement this algorithm. Bonus: Create a generator that produces primes indefinitely (that is, without taking N as an input). * */ class Problem_677 { /* * Time complexity:O(n log logn) * */ fun sieveOfEratosthenes(n: Int) { //finally return false if array[i] is not a Prime val primes = BooleanArray(n + 1) { true } primes[0] = false primes[1] = false for (i in 2..n) { if (primes[i]) { //println all prime print("$i,") var j = 2 //update all multiples of i while (i * j <= n) { primes[i * j] = false j++ } } } } }