How do I count the number of primes less than N?

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I can't seem to figure out exactly how to count the amount of prime numbers after a certain number.

What I have tried:

Java

public class Solution {
    public int countPrimes(int n) {
        if(n <= 2){
            return 0;
        } else if(n == 3){
            return 1;
        }
        int count = 0;
        for(int i = 2; i <= n; i++){
            if(IsPrime( i )){
                count++;
            }
        }
        return count;
    }
    public boolean IsPrime(int num) {
        for(int i=2;i<=num/2;i++){
            if(num % i == 0){
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}

Posted 6-Aug-16 8:46am

EpicKai

Updated 6-Aug-16 9:08am

Patrice T

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Richard MacCutchan 7-Aug-16 2:34am

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Patrice T · Answer 1 · 2016-08-06T09:08:00

You should learn to use the debugger as soon as possible. Rather than guessing what your code is doing, It is time to see your code executing and ensuring that it does what you expect.

The debugger allow you to follow the execution line by line, inspect variables and you will see that there is a point where it stop doing what you expect.
Debugger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide[^]
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/windows/jdb.html[^]
https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/debugging-your-first-java-application.html[^]

The debugger is here to show you what your code is doing and your task is to compare with what it should do.
When the code don't do what is expected, you are close to a bug.

What should be the result for n=0 or 1 ?
What should be the result for n=2 ?
Look at your code.