first 100 prime numbers

Using sieve of Eratosthenes method to find first 100 prime numbers..

The program might not be exact ..its learning curve will improve on.. :)

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""

  Program to list out the first 100 prime numbers

  sieve of Eratosthenes Method

"""

def getprime(n):

    ret=[]

    cancel=[]

    for i in range( 2, n+1):

        if i not in cancel:

            ret.append(i)

        for j in range (i,n+1,i):

            cancel.append(j)

    return ret

if __name__=='__main__':

print getprime(100)

Take a look: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number