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Greatest Common Divisor
Find the largest positive integer that divides two given numbers without a remainder. For example, the GCD of 8 and 12 is 4.
csharp
public static int gcd(int a, int b)
{
if (b == 0)
return a;
else
return gcd(b, a % b);
}
{
if (b == 0)
return a;
else
return gcd(b, a % b);
}
fantom
gcd := |Int a, Int b -> Int| {
pair := [a, b].sort
while (pair.first != 0)
pair.set(1, pair.last % pair.first).swap(0, 1)
return pair.last
}
echo(gcd(12, 8)) // a>b, result == 4
echo(gcd(1029, 1071)) // a<b, result == 21
pair := [a, b].sort
while (pair.first != 0)
pair.set(1, pair.last % pair.first).swap(0, 1)
return pair.last
}
echo(gcd(12, 8)) // a>b, result == 4
echo(gcd(1029, 1071)) // a<b, result == 21
fsharp
let rec gcd x y =
if y = 0 then x
else gcd y (x % y)
if y = 0 then x
else gcd y (x % y)
