RosettaCodeData/Task/Successive-prime-differences/Visual-Basic-.NET/successive-prime-difference...

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VB.net

Imports System.Text
Module Module1
Function Sieve(limit As Integer) As Integer()
Dim primes As New List(Of Integer) From {2}
Dim c(limit + 1) As Boolean REM composite = true
REM no need to process even numbers > 2
Dim p = 3
While True
Dim p2 = p * p
If p2 > limit Then
Exit While
End If
For i = p2 To limit Step 2 * p
c(i) = True
Next
Do
p += 2
Loop While c(p)
End While
For i = 3 To limit Step 2
If Not c(i) Then
primes.Add(i)
End If
Next
Return primes.ToArray
End Function
Function SuccessivePrimes(primes() As Integer, diffs() As Integer) As List(Of List(Of Integer))
Dim results As New List(Of List(Of Integer))
Dim dl = diffs.Length
Dim i = 0
While i < primes.Length - dl
Dim group(dl) As Integer
group(0) = primes(i)
Dim j = i
While j < i + dl
If primes(j + 1) - primes(j) <> diffs(j - i) Then
GoTo outer REM continue the outermost loop
End If
group(j - i + 1) = primes(j + 1)
j += 1
End While
results.Add(group.ToList)
outer:
i += 1
End While
Return results
End Function
Function CollectionToString(Of T)(c As IEnumerable(Of T)) As String
Dim builder As New StringBuilder
builder.Append("[")
Dim it = c.GetEnumerator()
If it.MoveNext() Then
builder.Append(it.Current)
End If
While it.MoveNext()
builder.Append(", ")
builder.Append(it.Current)
End While
builder.Append("]")
Return builder.ToString
End Function
Sub Main()
Dim primes = Sieve(999999)
Dim diffsList = {({2}), ({1}), ({2, 2}), ({2, 4}), ({4, 2}), ({6, 4, 2})}
Console.WriteLine("For primes less than 1,000,000:-")
Console.WriteLine()
For Each diffs In diffsList
Console.WriteLine(" For differences of {0} ->", CollectionToString(diffs))
Dim sp = SuccessivePrimes(primes, diffs)
If sp.Count = 0 Then
Console.WriteLine(" No groups found")
Continue For
End If
Console.WriteLine(" First group = {0}", CollectionToString(sp(0)))
Console.WriteLine(" Last group = {0}", CollectionToString(sp(sp.Count - 1)))
Console.WriteLine(" Number found = {0}", sp.Count)
Console.WriteLine()
Next
End Sub
End Module