day1/exercise/gcd_another.py
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def gcd(a, b):
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  if a - b == 0:
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    return b
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  if a > b:
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    return gcd(b, a-b)
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  else:
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    return gcd(b, b-a)
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def lcm(a, b):
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    return (a * b) / gcd(a, b)
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print lcm(21, 14)
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