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NAME
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gcd - greatest common divisor of a set of rational numbers
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SYNOPSIS
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gcd(x1, x2, ...)
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TYPES
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x1, x2, ... rational number
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return rational number
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DESCRIPTION
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If at least one xi is nonzero, gcd(x1, x2, ...) is the
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greatest positive number g for which each xi is a multiple of g.
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If all xi are zero, the gcd is zero.
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EXAMPLE
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; print gcd(12, -24, 30), gcd(9/10, 11/5, 4/25), gcd(0,0,0,0,0)
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6 .02 0
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LIMITS
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The number of arguments may not to exceed 100.
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LINK LIBRARY
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NUMBER *qgcd(NUMBER *x1, NUMBER *x2)
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SEE ALSO
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lcm
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## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
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##
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## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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## as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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##
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## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
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## Public License for more details.
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##
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## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is
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## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have
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## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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##
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## @(#) $Revision: 29.3 $
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## @(#) $Id: gcd,v 29.3 2006/05/07 07:25:46 chongo Exp $
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## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/gcd,v $
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##
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## Under source code control: 1995/10/05 04:52:26
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## File existed as early as: 1995
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##
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## chongo <was here> /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/
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## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/
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