/* Sieve of Erasthosenes (sic) prime number generator -- DRH */
/* import java.util.Vector; */

public class Sieve 
{
 private int _limit;
 private char _is_prime[];

 public Sieve(int limit)
    {
     _limit = limit;
     _is_prime = new char[_limit];
     return;
    }

 public void prime()
    {
     int i;
     int j;
     int ix;
     ix = (int) (Math.sqrt((double) _limit)) + 1 ;
     
     for (i = 0; i < _limit; i++)
        {
         _is_prime[i] = 0;
        }
     _is_prime[0] = 1;
     _is_prime[1] = 1;
     for (i = 2; i < ix; i++)
        {
         if (_is_prime[i] == 0)
            {
             for (j = i + 1; j < _limit; j++)
                {
                 if ((j % i) == 0)
                    {
                     _is_prime[j] = 1; 
                    }
                }
            }
        }
     for (i = 0; i < _limit; i++)
        {
         if (_is_prime[i] == 0)
            {
             System.out.println(i);
            }
        }
    } 

 public static void main (String args[])
    {
     if (args.length != 1)
        {
         System.out.println ("Usage: sieve ");
         return;
        }
     Sieve sieve = new Sieve(Integer.parseInt(args[0]));
     sieve.prime();
     return;
    }
}

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