author | Madhusudan.C.S <madhusudancs@gmail.com> |
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def gcd(a, b): |
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"""Returns the Greatest Common Divisor of the two integers |
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passed as arguments. |
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Args: |
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a: an integer |
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b: another integer |
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Returns: Greatest Common Divisor of a and b |
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>>> gcd(48, 64) |
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>>> gcd(44, 19) |
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""" |
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if b == 0: |
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return b |
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return gcd(b, a%b) |
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if __name__ == "__main__": |
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import doctest |
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doctest.testmod() |