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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} primes (@var{n})
##
## Return all primes up to @var{n}.  
##
## Note that if you need a specific number of primes, you can use the
## fact the distance from one prime to the next is on average
## proportional to the logarithm of the prime.  Integrating, you find
## that there are about @math{k} primes less than @math{k \log ( 5 k )}.
##
## The algorithm used is called the Sieve of Erastothenes.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Paul Kienzle
## Author: Francesco Potort́
## Author: Dirk Laurie

function x = primes (p)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (! isscalar (p))
    error ("primes: n must be a scalar");
  endif

  if (p > 100000)
    ## optimization: 1/6 less memory, and much faster (asymptotically)
    ## 100000 happens to be the cross-over point for Paul's machine;
    ## below this the more direct code below is faster.  At the limit
    ## of memory in Paul's machine, this saves .7 seconds out of 7 for
    ## p=3e6.  Hardly worthwhile, but Dirk reports better numbers.
    lenm = floor ((p+1)/6);       # length of the 6n-1 sieve
    lenp = floor ((p-1)/6);       # length of the 6n+1 sieve
    sievem = ones (1, lenm);      # assume every number of form 6n-1 is prime
    sievep = ones (1, lenp);      # assume every number of form 6n+1 is prime

    for i = 1:(sqrt(p)+1)/6         # check up to sqrt(p)
      if (sievem(i))              # if i is prime, eliminate multiples of i
        sievem(7*i-1:6*i-1:lenm) = 0;
        sievep(5*i-1:6*i-1:lenp) = 0;
      endif                       # if i is prime, eliminate multiples of i
      if (sievep(i))
        sievep(7*i+1:6*i+1:lenp) = 0;
        sievem(5*i+1:6*i+1:lenm) = 0;
      endif
    endfor
    x = sort([2, 3, 6*find(sievem)-1, 6*find(sievep)+1]);
  elseif (p > 352) # nothing magical about 352; just has to be greater than 2
    len = floor ((p-1)/2);        # length of the sieve
    sieve = ones (1, len);        # assume every odd number is prime
    for i = 1:(sqrt(p)-1)/2       # check up to sqrt(p)
      if (sieve(i))               # if i is prime, eliminate multiples of i
        sieve(3*i+1:2*i+1:len) = 0; # do it
      endif
    endfor
    x = [2, 1+2*find(sieve)];     # primes remaining after sieve
  else
    a = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, ...
	 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, ...
	 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, ...
	 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, ...
	 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, ...
	 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349];
    x = a(a <= p);
  endif

endfunction
