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27 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm"></a> Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple</h2></div></div></div> |
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29 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.introduction">Introduction</a></span></dt> |
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30 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.synopsis">Synopsis</a></span></dt> |
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31 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.gcd_function_object">GCD Function Object</a></span></dt> |
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32 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.lcm_function_object">LCM Function Object</a></span></dt> |
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33 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.run_time_gcd___lcm_determination">Run-time GCD & LCM Determination</a></span></dt> |
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34 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.compile_time_gcd_and_lcm_determination">Compile time GCD and LCM determination</a></span></dt> |
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35 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.header__boost_math_common_factor_hpp_">Header <boost/math/common_factor.hpp></a></span></dt> |
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37 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="gcd_lcm.html#boost_math.gcd_lcm.rationale">Rationale</a></span></dt> |
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40 | </dl></div> |
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41 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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42 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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43 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.introduction"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div> |
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44 | <p> |
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45 | The class and function templates in <boost/math/common_factor.hpp> |
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46 | provide run-time and compile-time evaluation of the greatest common divisor |
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47 | (GCD) or least common multiple (LCM) of two integers. These facilities are |
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48 | useful for many numeric-oriented generic programming problems. |
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49 | </p> |
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50 | </div> |
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51 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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52 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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53 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.synopsis"></a>Synopsis</h3></div></div></div> |
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54 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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55 | <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> |
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56 | <span class="special">{</span> |
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57 | <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span> |
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58 | <span class="special">{</span> |
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59 | |
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60 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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61 | <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">gcd_evaluator</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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62 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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63 | <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">lcm_evaluator</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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64 | |
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65 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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66 | <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">gcd</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">);</span> |
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67 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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68 | <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">lcm</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">);</span> |
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69 | |
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70 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value2</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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71 | <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">static_gcd</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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72 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value2</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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73 | <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">static_lcm</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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74 | |
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75 | <span class="special">}</span> |
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76 | <span class="special">}</span> |
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77 | </pre> |
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78 | </div> |
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79 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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80 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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81 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.gcd_function_object"></a>GCD Function Object</h3></div></div></div> |
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82 | <p> |
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83 | <span class="bold"><strong>Header: </strong></span> <a href="../../../boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp" target="_top"><boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp></a> |
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84 | </p> |
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85 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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86 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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87 | <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">gcd_evaluator</span> |
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88 | <span class="special">{</span> |
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89 | <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> |
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90 | <span class="comment">// Types |
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91 | </span> <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">result_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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92 | <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">first_argument_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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93 | <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">second_argument_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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94 | |
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95 | <span class="comment">// Function object interface |
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96 | </span> <span class="identifier">result_type</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">()(</span> <span class="identifier">first_argument_type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> |
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97 | <span class="identifier">second_argument_type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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98 | <span class="special">};</span> |
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99 | </pre> |
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100 | <p> |
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101 | The boost::math::gcd_evaluator class template defines a function object class |
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102 | to return the greatest common divisor of two integers. The template is parameterized |
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103 | by a single type, called IntegerType here. This type should be a numeric |
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104 | type that represents integers. The result of the function object is always |
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105 | nonnegative, even if either of the operator arguments is negative. |
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106 | </p> |
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107 | <p> |
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108 | This function object class template is used in the corresponding version |
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109 | of the GCD function template. If a numeric type wants to customize evaluations |
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110 | of its greatest common divisors, then the type should specialize on the gcd_evaluator |
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111 | class template. |
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112 | </p> |
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113 | </div> |
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114 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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115 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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116 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.lcm_function_object"></a>LCM Function Object</h3></div></div></div> |
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117 | <p> |
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118 | <span class="bold"><strong>Header: </strong></span> <a href="../../../boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp" target="_top"><boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp></a> |
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119 | </p> |
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120 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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121 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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122 | <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">lcm_evaluator</span> |
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123 | <span class="special">{</span> |
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124 | <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> |
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125 | <span class="comment">// Types |
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126 | </span> <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">result_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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127 | <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">first_argument_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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128 | <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">second_argument_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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129 | |
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130 | <span class="comment">// Function object interface |
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131 | </span> <span class="identifier">result_type</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">()(</span> <span class="identifier">first_argument_type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> |
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132 | <span class="identifier">second_argument_type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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133 | <span class="special">};</span> |
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134 | </pre> |
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135 | <p> |
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136 | The boost::math::lcm_evaluator class template defines a function object class |
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137 | to return the least common multiple of two integers. The template is parameterized |
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138 | by a single type, called IntegerType here. This type should be a numeric |
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139 | type that represents integers. The result of the function object is always |
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140 | nonnegative, even if either of the operator arguments is negative. If the |
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141 | least common multiple is beyond the range of the integer type, the results |
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142 | are undefined. |
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143 | </p> |
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144 | <p> |
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145 | This function object class template is used in the corresponding version |
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146 | of the LCM function template. If a numeric type wants to customize evaluations |
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147 | of its least common multiples, then the type should specialize on the lcm_evaluator |
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148 | class template. |
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149 | </p> |
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150 | </div> |
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151 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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152 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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153 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.run_time_gcd___lcm_determination"></a>Run-time GCD & LCM Determination</h3></div></div></div> |
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154 | <p> |
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155 | <span class="bold"><strong>Header: </strong></span> <a href="../../../boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp" target="_top"><boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp></a> |
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156 | </p> |
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157 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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158 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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159 | <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">gcd</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">);</span> |
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160 | |
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161 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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162 | <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">lcm</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">IntegerType</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">);</span> |
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163 | </pre> |
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164 | <p> |
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165 | The boost::math::gcd function template returns the greatest common (nonnegative) |
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166 | divisor of the two integers passed to it. The boost::math::lcm function template |
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167 | returns the least common (nonnegative) multiple of the two integers passed |
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168 | to it. The function templates are parameterized on the function arguments' |
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169 | IntegerType, which is also the return type. Internally, these function templates |
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170 | use an object of the corresponding version of the gcd_evaluator and lcm_evaluator |
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171 | class templates, respectively. |
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172 | </p> |
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173 | </div> |
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174 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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175 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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176 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.compile_time_gcd_and_lcm_determination"></a>Compile time GCD and LCM determination</h3></div></div></div> |
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177 | <p> |
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178 | <span class="bold"><strong>Header: </strong></span> <a href="../../../boost/math/common_factor_ct.hpp" target="_top"><boost/math/common_factor_ct.hpp></a> |
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179 | </p> |
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180 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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181 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value2</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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182 | <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">static_gcd</span> |
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183 | <span class="special">{</span> |
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184 | <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">value</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">implementation_defined</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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185 | <span class="special">};</span> |
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186 | |
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187 | <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="identifier">Value2</span> <span class="special">></span> |
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188 | <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">static_lcm</span> |
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189 | <span class="special">{</span> |
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190 | <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">value</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">implementation_defined</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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191 | <span class="special">};</span> |
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192 | </pre> |
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193 | <p> |
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194 | The boost::math::static_gcd and boost::math::static_lcm class templates take |
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195 | two value-based template parameters of the unsigned long type and have a |
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196 | single static constant data member, value, of that same type. The value of |
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197 | that member is the greatest common factor or least common multiple, respectively, |
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198 | of the template arguments. A compile-time error will occur if the least common |
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199 | multiple is beyond the range of an unsigned long. |
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200 | </p> |
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201 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.compile_time_gcd_and_lcm_determination.example"></a><h3> |
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202 | <a name="id1252541"></a> |
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203 | Example |
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204 | </h3> |
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205 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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206 | <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">common_factor</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> |
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207 | <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">algorithm</span><span class="special">></span> |
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208 | <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iterator</span><span class="special">></span> |
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209 | |
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210 | |
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211 | <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> |
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212 | <span class="special">{</span> |
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213 | <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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214 | <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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215 | |
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216 | <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"The GCD and LCM of 6 and 15 are "</span> |
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217 | <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">gcd</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">6</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">15</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">" and "</span> |
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218 | <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">lcm</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">6</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">15</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">", respectively."</span> |
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219 | <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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220 | |
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221 | <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"The GCD and LCM of 8 and 9 are "</span> |
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222 | <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">static_gcd</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">9</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span> |
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223 | <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">" and "</span> |
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224 | <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">static_lcm</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">9</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span> |
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225 | <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">", respectively."</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> |
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226 | |
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227 | <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">[]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">6</span> <span class="special">},</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">[]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="number">7</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">9</span> <span class="special">},</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">];</span> |
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228 | <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">transform</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">gcd_evaluator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">>()</span> <span class="special">);</span> |
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229 | <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">copy</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">c</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ostream_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">" "</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span> |
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230 | <span class="special">}</span> |
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231 | </pre> |
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232 | </div> |
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233 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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234 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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235 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.header__boost_math_common_factor_hpp_"></a>Header <boost/math/common_factor.hpp></h3></div></div></div> |
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236 | <p> |
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237 | This header simply includes the headers <a href="../../../boost/math/common_factor_ct.hpp" target="_top"><boost/math/common_factor_ct.hpp></a> |
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238 | and <a href="../../../boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp" target="_top"><boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp></a>. |
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239 | </p> |
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240 | <p> |
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241 | Note this is a legacy header: it used to contain the actual implementation, |
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242 | but the compile-time and run-time facilities were moved to separate headers |
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243 | (since they were independent of each other). |
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244 | </p> |
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245 | </div> |
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246 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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247 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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248 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.demonstration_program"></a>Demonstration Program</h3></div></div></div> |
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249 | <p> |
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250 | The program <a href="../../../libs/math/test/common_factor_test.cpp" target="_top">common_factor_test.cpp</a> |
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251 | is a demonstration of the results from instantiating various examples of |
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252 | the run-time GCD and LCM function templates and the compile-time GCD and |
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253 | LCM class templates. (The run-time GCD and LCM class templates are tested |
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254 | indirectly through the run-time function templates.) |
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255 | </p> |
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256 | </div> |
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257 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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258 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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259 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.rationale"></a>Rationale</h3></div></div></div> |
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260 | <p> |
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261 | The greatest common divisor and least common multiple functions are greatly |
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262 | used in some numeric contexts, including some of the other Boost libraries. |
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263 | Centralizing these functions to one header improves code factoring and eases |
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264 | maintainence. |
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265 | </p> |
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266 | </div> |
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267 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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268 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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269 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.history"></a>History</h3></div></div></div> |
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270 | <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"> |
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271 | <li> |
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272 | 17 Dec 2005: Converted documentation to Quickbook Format. |
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273 | </li> |
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274 | <li> |
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275 | 2 Jul 2002: Compile-time and run-time items separated to new headers. |
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276 | </li> |
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277 | <li> |
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278 | 7 Nov 2001: Initial version |
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279 | </li> |
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280 | </ul></div> |
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281 | </div> |
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282 | <div class="section" lang="en"> |
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283 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
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284 | <a name="boost_math.gcd_lcm.credits"></a>Credits</h3></div></div></div> |
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285 | <p> |
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286 | The author of the Boost compilation of GCD and LCM computations is Daryle |
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287 | Walker. The code was prompted by existing code hiding in the implementations |
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288 | of Paul Moore's rational library and Steve Cleary's pool library. The code |
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289 | had updates by Helmut Zeisel. |
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290 | </p> |
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291 | </div> |
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292 | </div> |
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293 | <table width="100%"><tr> |
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294 | <td align="left"></td> |
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295 | <td align="right"><small>Copyright © 2001 -2002 Daryle Walker, 2001-2003 Hubert Holin, 2005 |
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296 | John Maddock</small></td> |
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297 | </tr></table> |
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