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finding prime numbers less than x
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| def primes_less(x): | |
| non_prime = set() | |
| i = 2 | |
| while i*i <= x: | |
| if i not in non_prime: | |
| j = i | |
| while j*i <= x: | |
| non_prime.add(j*i) | |
| j += 1 | |
| i += 1 | |
| return set(range(2, x+1)) - non_prime |
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