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JavaScript/maths/find_lcm.js
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/*
author: PatOnTheBack
license: GPL-3.0 or later
Modified from:
https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/find_lcm.py
More about LCM:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_common_multiple
*/
'use strict'
// Find the LCM of two numbers.
function find_lcm (num_1, num_2) {
var max_num
var lcm
// Check to see whether num_1 or num_2 is larger.
if (num_1 > num_2) {
max_num = num_1
} else {
max_num = num_2
}
lcm = max_num
while (true) {
if ((lcm % num_1 === 0) && (lcm % num_2 === 0)) {
break
}
lcm += max_num
}
return lcm
}
// Run `find_lcm` Function
var num_1 = 12
var num_2 = 76
console.log(find_lcm(num_1, num_2))