Introduction to Programming using Python 1st Edition

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ISBN 10: 0132747189
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Chapter 5 - Loops - Programming Exercises - Page 160: 5.16

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$Statement:$ (Compute the greatest common divisor) For Listing 5.8, another solution to find the greatest common divisor of two integers n1 and n2 is as follows: First find d to be the minimum of n1 and n2, and then check whether d, d - 1, d - 2, ..., 2, or 1 is a divisor for both n1 and n2 in this order. The first such common divisor is the greatest common divisor for n1 and n2. $Code:$ See below.
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