# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Euclidean_algorithm def extended_euclidean_gcd(a, b) x0, x1 = a, b s, t = 1, 0 until x1.zero? q, x2 = x0.divmod(x1) x0, x1 = x1, x2 s, t = t, s - q * t end gcd = x0 return gcd end puts "GCD(3, 5) = " + extended_euclidean_gcd(3, 5).to_s # GCD(3, 6) = 3 puts "GCD(3, 6) = " + extended_euclidean_gcd(3, 6).to_s # GCD(3, 6) = 3 puts "GCD(6, 3) = " + extended_euclidean_gcd(6, 3).to_s # GCD(6, 3) = 3 =begin Dynamic driver code: a = gets.to_i b = gets.to_i puts "GCD (#{a}, #{b} ) = #{extended_euclidean_gcd(a, b)}" =end