programming-examples/python/Math/Implement Euclidean Algorithm to compute the greatest common divisor.py

# Write a Python program to implement Euclidean Algorithm to compute the greatest common divisor (gcd).
Note: In mathematics, the Euclidean algorithm[a], or Euclid's algorithm, is an efficient method for computing the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two numbers, the largest number that divides both of them without leaving a remainder.
The Euclidean algorithm is based on the principle that the greatest common divisor of two numbers does not change if the larger number is replaced by its difference with the smaller number. For example, 21 is the GCD of 252 and 105 (252 = 21 × 12 and 105 = 21 × 5), and the same number 21 is also the GCD of 105 and 147 = 252 − 105.

from math import *  
  
def euclid_algo(x, y, verbose=True):  
    if x < y: # We want x >= y  
        return euclid_algo(y, x, verbose)  
    print()  
    while y != 0:  
        if verbose: print('%s = %s * %s + %s' % (x, floor(x/y), y, x % y))  
        (x, y) = (y, x % y)  
      
    if verbose: print('gcd is %s' % x)   
    return x  
  
  
euclid_algo(150, 304)  
euclid_algo(1000, 10)  
euclid_algo(150, 9)  

Output: 
304 = 2 * 150 + 4                                                                
150 = 37 * 4 + 2                                                                 
4 = 2 * 2 + 0                                                                    
gcd is 2 
                                                                   
1000 = 100 * 10 + 0                                                              
gcd is 10 
                                                                 
150 = 16 * 9 + 6                                                                 
9 = 1 * 6 + 3                                                                    
6 = 2 * 3 + 0                                                                    
gcd is 3