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First solution in Clear category for The Greatest Common Divisor by Krzysztof.Sawarzynski
from math import gcd
def greatest_common_divisor(*args):
"""
Find the greatest common divisor
"""
gcdBase = args[0]
for elem in args[1:]:
gcdBase = gcd(gcdBase, elem)
return gcdBase
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert greatest_common_divisor(6, 4) == 2, "Simple"
assert greatest_common_divisor(2, 4, 8) == 2, "Three arguments"
assert greatest_common_divisor(2, 3, 5, 7, 11) == 1, "Prime numbers"
assert greatest_common_divisor(3, 9, 3, 9) == 3, "Repeating arguments"
Jan. 16, 2017
