RE: LCM With Variable Number of Arguments
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- Subject: [mg43298] RE: [mg43279] LCM With Variable Number of Arguments
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:54:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Mark,
LCM does not work on lists, but on arguments. Use the Apply function.
LCM @@ {2, 3, 4, 5}
60
list = {1, 2, 6, 5, 3};
LCM @@ list
30
The list can be any length.
David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
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From: Mark Lookabaugh [mailto:mlookabaugh at NO_ADS.cox.net]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Hi,
I have a list of numbers, and I'd like to get the LCM of all the
values in the list. The list isn't always the same length at runtime.
What's the syntax to specify that?
For example:
If I have myList = { 2, 3, 4, 5 }
I'd like to do something like LCM[myList] and get 60.
but that actually returns { 2, 3, 4, 5 } (I guess performing LCM on
each element individually).
How can I get LCM to act on a bunch of values at once?
Thanks for any help,
Mark
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