Calculating the Least Common Multiple (LCM)
The following code demonstrates how to compute the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of two numbers in Python:
Example
# Define a function
def lcm(x, y):
"""This function returns the Least Common Multiple of two numbers"""
# Get the greater of the two values
if x > y:
greater = x
else:
greater = y
while(True):
if (greater % x == 0) and (greater % y == 0):
lcm = greater
break
greater += 1
return lcm
# Get user input
num1 = int(input("Enter the first number: "))
num2 = int(input("Enter the second number: "))
print(num1, "and", num2, "have a Least Common Multiple of", lcm(num1, num2))Example Output:
Enter the first number: 54 Enter the second number: 24 54 and 24 have a Least Common Multiple of 216