using System; using System.Collections; const int LAST_CANDIDATE = 1000; int primes = 0; BitArray candidates = new BitArray (LAST_CANDIDATE, true); for (int i = 2; i < LAST_CANDIDATE; i++) { if (candidates[i]) { for (int j = i * 2; j < LAST_CANDIDATE; j += i) { candidates[j] = false; } } } for (int i = 1; i < LAST_CANDIDATE; i++) { if (candidates[i]) { primes++; Console.Out.WriteLine (i); } } Console.Out.WriteLine ("\n" + primes + " primes found in the range 2-" + LAST_CANDIDATE);
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Calculate prime numbers
This C# code snippet uses a BitArray to calculate the prime numbers over then range 2-n.