//----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Copyright © 2004 - Philip Howard - All rights reserved // // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License // as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 // of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // package libh/arith // homepage http://libh.slashusr.org/ //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // author Philip Howard // email libh at ipal dot org // homepage http://phil.ipal.org/ //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // This file is best viewed using a fixed spaced font such as Courier // and in a display at least 120 columns wide. //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- __FMACRO_BEGIN__ //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // macro gcd // // purpose Determine the greatest common denominator by Euclid's algorithm // for any integer type. // // arguments 1 (integer) 1st number // 2 (integer) 2nd number // // returns (integer) greatest common denominator //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #define gcd(a,b) ({ \ __typeof__((a)) libh__a = (a); \ __typeof__((b)) libh__b = (b); \ if ( libh__a < libh__b ) { \ __typeof__((a)) libh__c = libh__a; \ libh__a = libh__b; \ libh__b = libh__c; \ } \ while ( libh__b ) { \ __typeof__((a)) libh__c = libh__a % libh__b; \ libh__a = libh__b; \ libh__b = libh__c; \ } \ libh__a; \ }) __FMACRO_END__