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Returns primes < n.

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def eratosthenes(n):
    N=range(n+1)
    z=[0]*(n/2)
    for i in range(2, int(n**.5)+1):
        if N[i]:
            N[i*i::i] = z[:(n/i)-i+1]
    return filter(None, N[2:])

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Louis RIVIERE (author) 15 years, 3 months ago  # | flag

Here is an alternative that may be more readable, slower though.

def eratosthenes(n):  
    N=range(n+1)  
    z=[0]*(n+1)  
    for i in range(2, int(n**.5)+1):  
        if N[i]:  
            N[i*i::i] = z[i*i::i]  
    return filter(None, N[2:])
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