From: Prateek Agarwal <prateek.agwl@...>
Date: 2009-07-29T04:16:31+09:00
Subject: What does the step() method do

I have to write a program to implement the Sieve of Erastosthenes
algorithm for finding the prime nos.
I got the following code on scriptol.org

top = 100
sieve = []
for i in 2 .. top
  sieve[i] = i
end

for i in 2 .. Math.sqrt(top)
  next unless sieve[i]
  (i*i).step(top, i) do |j|
    sieve[j] = nil
  end
end
puts sieve


Can someone please tell me what's happening in the lines
next unless sieve[i]
(i*i).step(top,i) do |j|
   sieve[j]=nil
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