Python/maths/segmented_sieve.py

"""Segmented Sieve."""

import math


def sieve(n):
    """Segmented Sieve."""
    in_prime = []
    start = 2
    end = int(math.sqrt(n))  # Size of every segment
    temp = [True] * (end + 1)
    prime = []

    while start <= end:
        if temp[start] is True:
            in_prime.append(start)
            for i in range(start * start, end + 1, start):
                if temp[i] is True:
                    temp[i] = False
        start += 1
    prime += in_prime

    low = end + 1
    high = low + end - 1
    if high > n:
        high = n

    while low <= n:
        temp = [True] * (high - low + 1)
        for each in in_prime:

            t = math.floor(low / each) * each
            if t < low:
                t += each

            for j in range(t, high + 1, each):
                temp[j - low] = False

        for j in range(len(temp)):
            if temp[j] is True:
                prime.append(j + low)

        low = high + 1
        high = low + end - 1
        if high > n:
            high = n

    return prime


print(sieve(10**6))