topic:
Count the number of all prime numbers less than a non-negative integer n.
Method 1:
Violence
class Solution:
def countPrimes(self, n: int) -> int:
count = 0
if n > 1:
for i in range(2, n):
flag = True
for j in range(2, i):
if i % j == 0:
flag = False
break
if flag:
count += 1
return count
The method is simple, but the time has expired and the test cannot be passed
Method two: the
Eradosé sieve method, the method shared by the great gods on the force button:
for example, find the number of prime numbers within 20. First, 0 and 1 are not prime numbers. 2 is the first prime number, and then all 2 within 20 Cross out the multiples of 2. The number immediately following 2 is the next prime number 3, and then all multiples of 3 are crossed out. The number immediately following 3 is the next prime number 5, and then all multiples of 5 are crossed out. And so on.
class Solution:
def countPrimes(self, n: int) -> int:
if n < 3:
return 0
else:
output = [1] * n # 产生一个元素全部为1的列表
output[0], output[1] = 0, 0 # 0,1不是质数,直接赋值为0
for i in range(2, int(n**0.5)+1): # 从2开始,output[2]==1表示第一个质数是2,然后将2的倍数对应的索引全部赋值为0,此时下一个数output[3]==1,也是表示质数,同样划去3的倍数,以此类推
if output[i] == 1:
output[i*i:n:i] = [0] * len(output[i*i:n:i])
#最后output中的数字表示该位置上的数为质数,然后求和即可
return sum(output)