Implementation for finding LCM of List of numbers

Author: OmkarPathak

pygorithm/math/lcm.py

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+# Author    : OMKAR PATHAK
+# Created at: 16th August 2017
+
+from functools import reduce    # need this line if you're using Python3.x
+
+def lcm(List):
+    ''' function to find LCM for given list of elements
+
+        :param List: List of which LCM is to be found out
+     '''
+    def _lcm(a, b):
+        ''' helper function for finding LCM '''
+        if a > b:
+            greater = a
+        else:
+            greater = b
+
+        while True:
+            if greater % a == 0 and greater % b == 0:
+                lcm = greater
+                break
+            greater += 1
+
+        return lcm
+
+    return reduce(lambda x, y: _lcm(x, y), List)
+
+def get_code():
+    """ returns the code for the current class """
+    import inspect
+    return inspect.getsource(lcm)