Normally, program doesn't throw an error for small however when it comes to these numbers it returns wrong division result
def leastCommonMultiple(n1, n2):
a=n1
b=n2
while n2!=0:
(n1, n2) = (n2, n1 % n2)
print (n1) # greatest common divisior for given input is 5
print(a*b) # for given numbers 231871064940156750
return int((a*b)/n1) #wrong result 46374212988031352
numStr=input()
nums=numStr.split()
num1=int(nums[0])
num2=int(nums[1])
lcm=leastCommonMultiple(num1, num2)
print (lcm)
Input:
226553150 1023473145
Your output:
46374212988031352
Correct output:
46374212988031350
WHAT I WROTE EXPLANATION:
leastCommonMultiple = (Num1*Num2)/greatestCommonDivisor
So in while loop I found greatestCommonDivisor
by using euclidean method
and I used the formula (LCM = n1*n2/ GCD )
I hope I explained the problem clearly. What can I solve this problem can you help me please?
use // in python 3 for integer division. I just found out this