/** * @function sieveOfEratosthenes * @description Function to get all the prime numbers below a given number using sieve of eratosthenes algorithm * @param {Number} max The limit below which all the primes are required to be * @returns {Number[]} An array of all the prime numbers below max * @see [Sieve of Eratosthenes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes) * @example * sieveOfEratosthenes(1) // ====> [] * @example * sieveOfEratosthenes(20) // ====> [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19] * */ function sieveOfEratosthenes(max) { const sieve = [] const primes = [] for (let i = 2; i <= max; ++i) { if (!sieve[i]) { // If i has not been marked then it is prime primes.push(i) for (let j = i << 1; j <= max; j += i) { // Mark all multiples of i as non-prime sieve[j] = true } } } return primes } export { sieveOfEratosthenes }