Waiting for PostgreSQL 13 – Add functions gcd() and lcm() for integer and numeric types.

On 25th of January 2020, Dean Rasheed committed patch:

Add functions gcd() and lcm() for integer and numeric types.
 
These compute the greatest common divisor and least common multiple of
a pair of numbers using the Euclidean algorithm.
 
Vik Fearing, reviewed by Fabien Coelho.
 
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/adbd3e0b-e3f1-5bbc-21db-03caf1cef0f7@2ndquadrant.com

Description is pretty clear, but let's see it in action.

=$ SELECT gcd(292215::NUMERIC, 423430::NUMERIC), lcm(292215::NUMERIC, 423430::NUMERIC);
 gcd |    lcm
-----+-----------
 805 | 153705090
(1 ROW)
 
TIME: 1.243 ms

Looks reasonable. It's not a very common use case, but it definitely can be useful, so thanks to all involved.

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