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/* Finds and returns the greatest common divisor of two integers.
Uses Euclid's Algorithm: divides the larger integer by the
smaller; if the remainder is 0, the smaller integer is the gcd,
otherwise the smaller integer becomes the larger integer, the
remainder becomes the smaller integer, and the process is
repeated. */
static unsigned int gcd_recurs(unsigned int, unsigned int);
unsigned int gcd(unsigned int int1, unsigned int int2) {
unsigned int temp;
/* If the two integers are the same, that's the gcd and we're
done */
if (int1 == int2) {
return(int1);
}
/* Swap if necessary to make sure that int1 >= int2 */
if (int1 < int2) {
temp = int1;
int1 = int2;
int2 = temp;
}
/* Now call the recursive form of the function, which assumes
that the first parameter is the larger of the two */
return(gcd_recurs(int1, int2));
}
static unsigned int gcd_recurs(unsigned int larger_int,
unsigned int smaller_int)
{
int temp;
/* If the remainder of larger_int divided by smaller_int is 0,
then smaller_int is the gcd */
if ((temp = larger_int % smaller_int) == 0) {
return(smaller_int);
}
/* Make smaller_int the larger integer and the remainder the
smaller integer, and call this function recursively to
continue the process */
return(gcd_recurs(smaller_int, temp));
}