/******************************************************************************* * Name: Robert Sedgewick * NetId: rs * Precept: P255 * * Description: Takes two positive integers p and q from standard input; prints * out their greatest common factor. * * Dependencies: StdIn.java, StdOut.java * *****************************************************************************/ public class Part2 { // recursive method to find gcf of p and q public static int gcf(int p, int q) { // base case if (p == q) return p; // call gcd with smaller and abs(difference) int smaller = Math.min(p, q); int difference = Math.abs(p - q); return gcf(smaller, difference); } public static void main(String[] args) { // input x, y from standard input int x = StdIn.readInt(); int y = StdIn.readInt(); // print their greatest common factor int g = gcf(x, y); StdOut.println(g); } }