text: USE SIEVE TO FIND ALL PRIME NUMBERS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO max_val Create a boolean array " prime [ 0 . . n ] " . A value in prime [ i ] will finally be false if i is Not a prime , else true .
code: boolean prime [ ] = new boolean [ max_val + 1 ] ; for ( int p = 0 ; p <= max_val ; p ++ ) prime [ p ] = true ;