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Fuzion • Idioms • Idiom # 75: Compute LCM

Idiom # 75: Compute LCM

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Code

a * b / (a.gcd b)

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Running example

ex75 is
  lcm (a0,b0 int) int =>
    a0 * b0 / (a0.gcd b0)

  a := int 2147483647             # is the eighth Mersenne prime, equal to 231^-1
  b := int 2305843009213693951    # another Mersenne prime
  x := lcm a b

  say x

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last changed: 2024-07-01

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