@woosh/meep-engine/src/core/math/computeGreatestCommonDivisor.js

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import { assert } from "../assert.js";
import { min2 } from "./min2.js";
import { max2 } from "./max2.js";

/**
 * Find the greatest common divisor (denominator/factor)
 * @param {number} a
 * @param {number} b
 * @returns {number}
 */
function computeGreatestCommonDivisor_Naive(a, b) {
    assert.isNumber(a, 'a');
    assert.isNumber(b,  'b');

    // start with the lowest of the two as a guess
    let result = min2(a, b);

    while (result > 1) {
        if (a % result === 0 && b % result === 0) {
            // found a common divisor
            break;
        }

        // keep going down
        result--;
    }

    return result;
}

/**
 * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_algorithm
 * @param {number} a
 * @param {number} b
 * @returns {number}
 */
function computeGreatestCommonDivisor_Euclid(a, b) {
    assert.isNumber(a, 'a');
    assert.isNumber(b,  'b');

    let _a = max2(a, b);
    let _b = min2(a, b);

    while (_b !== 0) {
        const t = _b;
        _b = _a % _b;

        _a = t;
    }

    return _a;
}


export const computeGreatestCommonDivisor = computeGreatestCommonDivisor_Euclid;