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(*) A list of prime numbers.
Given a range of integers by its lower and upper limit, construct a list of all prime numbers in that range.
Solution 1:
primesR :: Integral a => a -> a -> [a]
primesR a b = filter isPrime [a..b]
If we are challenged to give all primes in the range between a and b we simply take all number from a up to b and filter the primes out.
Solution 2:
primes :: Integral a => [a]
primes = let sieve (n:ns) = n:sieve [ m | m <- ns, m `mod` n /= 0 ]
in sieve [2..]
primesR :: Integral a => a -> a -> [a]
primesR a b = takeWhile (<= b) $ dropWhile (< a) primes
Another way to compute the claimed list is done by using the Sieve of Eratosthenes. The primes
function generates a list of all (!) prime numbers using this algorithm and primesR
filter the relevant range out. [But this way is very slow and I only presented it because I wanted to show how nicely the Sieve of Eratosthenes can be implemented in Haskell :)]