/** * Copyright 2020 @author tjgurwara99 * @file * * A basic implementation of LCM function */ #include #include /** * Function for finding greatest common divisor of two numbers. * @params two integers x and y whose gcd we want to find. * @return greatest common divisor of x and y. */ unsigned int gcd(unsigned int x, unsigned int y) { if (x == 0) { return y; } if (y == 0) { return x; } if (x == y) { return x; } if (x > y) { // The following is valid because we have checked whether y == 0 unsigned int temp = x / y; return gcd(y, x - temp * y); } // Again the following is valid because we have checked whether x == 0 unsigned int temp = y / x; return gcd(x, y - temp * x); } /** * Function for finding the least common multiple of two numbers. * @params integer x and y whose lcm we want to find. * @return lcm of x and y using the relation x * y = gcd(x, y) * lcm(x, y) */ unsigned int lcm(unsigned int x, unsigned int y) { return x / gcd(x, y) * y; } /** * Function for testing the lcm() functions with some assert statements. */ void tests() { // First test on lcm(5,10) == 10 assert(((void)"LCM of 5 and 10 is 10 but lcm function gives a different " "result.\n", lcm(5, 10) == 10)); std::cout << "First assertion passes: LCM of 5 and 10 is " << lcm(5, 10) << std::endl; // Second test on lcm(2,3) == 6 as 2 and 3 are coprime (prime in fact) assert(((void)"LCM of 2 and 3 is 6 but lcm function gives a different " "result.\n", lcm(2, 3) == 6)); std::cout << "Second assertion passes: LCM of 2 and 3 is " << lcm(2, 3) << std::endl; // Testing an integer overflow. // The algorithm should work as long as the result fits into integer. assert(((void)"LCM of 987654321 and 987654321 is 987654321 but lcm function" " gives a different result.\n", lcm(987654321, 987654321) == 987654321)); std::cout << "Third assertion passes: LCM of 987654321 and 987654321 is " << lcm(987654321, 987654321) << std::endl; } /** * Main function */ int main() { tests(); return 0; }