# class Prime::EratosthenesSieve

Internal use. An implementation of Eratosthenes' sieve

### Public Class Methods

new() click to toggle source

    # File lib/prime.rb, line 520
    def initialize
      @primes = [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]
      # @max_checked must be an even number
      @max_checked = @primes.last + 1
    end

### Public Instance Methods

get_nth_prime(n) click to toggle source

    # File lib/prime.rb, line 526
    def get_nth_prime(n)
      compute_primes while @primes.size <= n
      @primes[n]
    end

### Private Instance Methods

compute_primes() click to toggle source

    # File lib/prime.rb, line 532
    def compute_primes
      # max_segment_size must be an even number
      max_segment_size = 1e6.to_i
      max_cached_prime = @primes.last
      # do not double count primes if #compute_primes is interrupted
      # by Timeout.timeout
      @max_checked = max_cached_prime + 1 if max_cached_prime > @max_checked

      segment_min = @max_checked
      segment_max = [segment_min + max_segment_size, max_cached_prime * 2].min
      root = Integer.sqrt(segment_max)

      segment = ((segment_min + 1) .. segment_max).step(2).to_a

      (1..Float::INFINITY).each do |sieving|
        prime = @primes[sieving]
        break if prime > root
        composite_index = (-(segment_min + 1 + prime) / 2) % prime
        while composite_index < segment.size do
          segment[composite_index] = nil
          composite_index += prime
        end
      end

      @primes.concat(segment.compact!)

      @max_checked = segment_max
    end