programming-examples/c/Functions/C Program to Write recursive function to calculate gcd of 2 numbers using the following Euclid's recursive algorithm..c
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/* GCD Recursive - Write recursive function to calculate gcd of 2 numbers using the following Euclid's recursive algorithm:
gcd(n,m) , if n>m
gcd(m,n) = m , if n=0
gcd(n,m mod n) , otherwise
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int gcd(int m, int n)
{
if(n>m)
return ( gcd(n,m) ) ;
else if(n==0)
return m ;
else
return ( gcd(n,m%n) ) ;
}
void main()
{
int m, n ;
clrscr();
printf("Enter 2 positive integers: ") ;
scanf("%d %d", &m, &n) ;
printf("GCD is: %d", gcd(m,n) );
getch() ;
}
/*
Output1:
Enter 2 positive integers: 18 24
GCD is: 6
Output2:
Enter 2 positive integers: 5 3
GCD is: 1
*/