Ruby lcm() Method
Ruby lcm() Function with Examples
Ruby lcm() method
calculates the LCM of two specified numbers. In mathematic LCM stands for least common multiple which means the lowest multiple divisible by both numbers.
This method is only applicable on integer data type only. Applying on the other data types including double/float will raise an error.
Ruby lcm()
Method
Syntax | num1.lcm(num2) or num2.lcm(num1) Where num1 and num2 are the numbers for findings LCM of them. |
Parameters | This method takes one of the two numbers as a parameter and another number directly works as an object. |
Return value | Returns the LCM of the two specified numbers. |
Example Program-1:
num1 = 12
num2 = 16
num3 = 8
num4 = 25
x = num1.lcm(num2)
y = num3.lcm(num4)
z = 15.lcm(10)
puts x
puts y
puts z
Output
48
200
30
Example Program-2:
num1 = 6
num2 = 14
num3 = 17
num4 = 20
puts "#{num1.lcm(num2)}"
puts "#{num3.lcm(num4)}"
puts "#{4.lcm(5)}"
Output
42
340
20