[issue39479] [RFE] Add math.lcm() function: Least Common Multiple

2020-01-30 Thread Ananthakrishnan A S
Ananthakrishnan A S added the comment: Yes,I want to put together a PR. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue39479> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list m

[issue39479] [RFE] Add math.lcm() function: Least Common Multiple

2020-01-29 Thread Ananthakrishnan A S
Ananthakrishnan A S added the comment: I agree with Vedran Čačić.As the modules are not made for one person but it is for the ease of coding.There are so many functions which i don't use but used by other people.We are using functions to make coding easy and if lcm function is added

[issue39479] [RFE] Add math.lcm() function: Least Common Multiple

2020-01-28 Thread Ananthakrishnan A S
Ananthakrishnan A S added the comment: some problems that needs lcm function: 1:find the least number which when divided by 'a','b','c','d' leaves remainder 'e' in each case. 2:person A exercises every 'n' days and person B every

[issue39479] [RFE] Add math.lcm() function: Least Common Multiple

2020-01-28 Thread Ananthakrishnan A S
Ananthakrishnan A S added the comment: Should i proceed with adding a pull request for adding a 'lcm' function in python's math module. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.pyt

[issue39479] [RFE] Add math.lcm() function: Least Common Multiple

2020-01-28 Thread Ananthakrishnan A S
Ananthakrishnan A S added the comment: I created this issue as i came across the following question: There are n students in class A,and m students in class B.each class divides into teams for a competition.What is the biggest possible team size that can be divided,such that each team has

[issue39479] can we add a lcm and gcd function.

2020-01-28 Thread Ananthakrishnan A S
New submission from Ananthakrishnan A S : can we add an lcm and gcd function that can work as: lcm(4,6) # returns 12 gcd(4,6) # returns 2 -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 360875 nosy: Ananthakrishnan A S priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: can we add a lcm and

[issue39478] can we add a median function

2020-01-28 Thread Ananthakrishnan A S
New submission from Ananthakrishnan A S : add a function called 'median' that we can use like: list=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9] # declaring list median(list) #returns 5 -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 360873 nosy: Ananthakrishnan A S priority: normal severity: nor