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Example program (Java): gcd and lcm of two numbers

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This program calculates the greatest common divisor (gcd) and the least common multiple (lcm) of two numbers.
Here I have to say that this program is quite slow (because the algorithm is simply bad) and the calculation of large numbers takes a long time. On the internet there are much better and faster programs with better algorithms.
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;
class Testprogram {

public static void main(String [] args) {

	long eingabe1, eingabe2, zahl1, zahl2, ggT;
	System.out.println(" ");
	System.out.println("Please enter two numbers which lcm and gcd should be determined!");
	Scanner eingabe = new Scanner(System.in);
	eingabe1 = Long.valueOf(eingabe.next());
	eingabe2 = Long.valueOf(eingabe.next());
	if(eingabe1 == 0 || eingabe2 == 0) {
	
	System.out.println("None of the entered numbers can be zero!");
	
	} else {
	
		for(zahl1 = eingabe1; zahl1 <= eingabe1*eingabe2; zahl1 = zahl1 + eingabe1) {
		
			for(zahl2 = eingabe2; zahl2 <= eingabe1*eingabe2; zahl2 = zahl2 + eingabe2) {
			
				if(zahl1 == zahl2){
				
					ggT = (eingabe1*eingabe2)/zahl1;
					System.out.println("The least common multiple of " + eingabe1 + " and " + eingabe2 + " is " + zahl1);
					System.out.println("The greatest common divisor of " + eingabe1 + " and " + eingabe2+" is " + ggT);
					System.exit(0);
				
				}
			
			}
		
		}
	
	}

}
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Posted on 17.10.2011 | Last modified on 20.11.2016