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Challenge #275: Greatest Common Denominator

KilianL
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

No need for prime factorization - Alteryx runs over all potential divisors in 0.3 seconds!

 

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Sashikumar
8 - Asteroid

Learned from Solution.

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ryan-bush
Alteryx
Alteryx

Not the most dynamic solution but fun challenge regardless!

kelly_gilbert
13 - Pulsar

For fun, using the Generate Rows tool to iterate and apply the Euclidean algorithm (instead of using a macro).

 

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lemuelcastro
11 - Bolide

My solve!

With macro iterative and batch to Euclidean Algorithm!

lemuelcastro
11 - Bolide

After Learning with @kelly_gilbert !

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Michael_McKee
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

A little bit Brute Force.  Could have rolled it up into a single Formula.

CRowlatt
8 - Asteroid

I went for the brute force attack too! Still runs in less than a second.

jagdeep_singh85
8 - Asteroid

HI 

 

PFA my solution

 

AndrewDearstyne
5 - Atom

I can't get any simpler than this.

 

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