[Tutor] LCM

[Andrew]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:52:03 +0200, Selby Rowley Cannon  
<selbyrowleycannon at ymail.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
>      I've been trying to write a function to find the Lowest Common  
> Multiple of two numbers, but it isn't working and I've kinda hit a dead  
> end on the thought-process end of things. Anyone mind looking at it, and  
> tell me what's wrong? (I hop you don't think it's too long to put in an  
> email)
>
> Code:
>
> def lowestCommonMultiple(a, b, amount): #k
>      float(amount)
>      if a == b:
>          print 'You cannot find the LCM of the same number twice.'
>      else:
>          numbersList = list(range(amount))
>          aMultiples = []
>          bMultiples = []
>          for aNumber in numbersList:
>              aMultiples.append(a*aNumber)
>          for bNumber in numbersList:
>              bMultiples.append(b*bNumber)
>          if aMultiples[1] == bMultiples[1]:
>              print 'The LCM of ', a, ' and ', b, ' is ', aMultiple[1]
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Hello World,

I have script I wonder if it would be suitable:


def LCM(x,y):
     for n in range(1, 10000):
         for n2 in range(1, 10000):
             x_lcm = x*n
             y_lcm = y*n2
             if x_lcm == y_lcm:
                 print"The LCM of",x,"and",y,"is",x_lcm
                 return x_lcm
             else:
                 pass


dx
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