# https://stackoverflow.com/a/3790309/100904 # Returns all primes up to n sieve <- function(n) { n <- as.integer(n) if(n > 1e6) stop("n too large") primes <- rep(TRUE, n) primes[1] <- FALSE last.prime <- 2L for(i in last.prime:floor(sqrt(n))) { primes[seq.int(2L*last.prime, n, last.prime)] <- FALSE last.prime <- last.prime + min(which(primes[(last.prime+1):n])) } which(primes) }