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JavaScript/Maths/FindLcm.js
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/*
author: PatOnTheBack
license: GPL-3.0 or later
Modified from:
https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/findLcm.py
More about LCM:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_common_multiple
*/
'use strict'
// Find the LCM of two numbers.
function findLcm (num1, num2) {
var maxNum
var lcm
// Check to see whether num1 or num2 is larger.
if (num1 > num2) {
maxNum = num1
} else {
maxNum = num2
}
lcm = maxNum
while (true) {
if ((lcm % num1 === 0) && (lcm % num2 === 0)) {
break
}
lcm += maxNum
}
return lcm
}
// Run `findLcm` Function
var num1 = 12
var num2 = 76
console.log(findLcm(num1, num2))