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import java.util.Scanner;
public class GCD {
public static void main (String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Give me 2 numbers for GCD question: ");
int x = input.nextInt();
int y = input.nextInt();
int z = recursive_euclidgcd(x,y);
System.out.println("GCD of " + x + " and " + y + " are " + z);
}
public static int recursive_euclidgcd(int a, int b) {
if(b == a) {
return a;
}
else if(a < b) {
// base case
if(b%a == 0) {
return a;
}
else {
return recursive_euclidgcd(a, b%a);
}
}
else {
// base case
if(a%b == 0) {
return b;
}
else {
return recursive_euclidgcd(b, a%b);
}
}
}
}
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