Re: LCM With Variable Number of Arguments
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- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:55:33 -0400 (EDT)
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myList = {2, 3, 4, 5};
LCM @@ myList
60
Bobby
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:09:06 -0400 (EDT), Mark Lookabaugh
<mlookabaugh at NO_ADS.cox.net> wrote:
> 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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