/** * @file * @brief Compute the greatest common denominator of two integers using * *recursive form* of * [Euclidean algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_algorithm) * * @see gcd_iterative_euclidean.cpp, gcd_of_n_numbers.cpp */ #include /** * algorithm */ int gcd(int num1, int num2) { if (num1 <= 0 | num2 <= 0) { throw std::domain_error("Euclidean algorithm domain is for ints > 0"); } if (num1 == num2) { return num1; } // Everything divides 0 if (num1 == 0) return num2; if (num2 == 0) return num1; // base case if (num1 == num2) return num1; // a is greater if (num1 > num2) return gcd(num1 - num2, num2); return gcd(num1, num2 - num1); } /** * Main function */ int main() { std::cout << "gcd of 120,7 is " << (gcd(120, 7)) << std::endl; try { std::cout << "gcd of -120,10 is " << gcd(-120, 10) << std::endl; } catch (const std::domain_error &e) { std::cout << "Error handling was successful" << std::endl; } std::cout << "gcd of 312,221 is " << (gcd(312, 221)) << std::endl; std::cout << "gcd of 289,204 is " << (gcd(289, 204)) << std::endl; return 0; }