Python- Sieve of Eratosthenes- Compact Python

Question

This is my code for finding primes using the Sieve of Eratosthenes.

list = [i for i in range(2, int(raw_input(\"Compute primes up to what number? \"))+1)]  
         


        

Answer 1

Here's a simple demonstration of the sieve. Note that lambda isn't used as the filtering function, because the prime number needs to bound at definition time. Also of interest is that it's efficient in the sense of not duplicating divisions, but in the long run it could lead to you-know-what.

import itertools

def primes():
    ints = itertools.count(2)
    while True:
        p = next(ints)
        yield p
        ints = itertools.ifilter(p.__rmod__, ints)

print list(itertools.islice(primes(), 10))
# [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29]