In this example, you will learn to find the GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) of two positive integers entered by the user using recursion.
To
understand this example, you should have the knowledge of the following C
programming topics:
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C
Functions
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C
User-defined functions
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C
Recursion
This program takes two positive integers as input from the user
and calculates GCD using recursion.
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using loops.
GCD
of Two Numbers using Recursion
#include <stdio.h>
int hcf(int n1, int n2);
int main() {
int n1, n2;
printf("Enter two positive integers: ");
scanf("%d %d", &n1, &n2);
printf("G.C.D of %d and %d is %d.", n1, n2, hcf(n1, n2));
return 0;
}
int hcf(int n1, int n2) {
if (n2 != 0)
return hcf(n2, n1 % n2);
else
return n1;
}
Output
Enter two positive integers: 366
60
G.C.D of 366 and 60 is 6.
In this program, recursive calls are made until the value of n2 is equal to 0.
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