# After duplicates have been removed # @a = ( 20, 33, 60 ); # @b = ( 2, 5, 12, 16, 23 ); 60 / 12 = 5 / 1 # @a = ( 20, 33, 5 ); # @b = ( 2, 5, 16, 23 ); 20 / 5 = 4 / 1 # @a = ( 4, 33, 5 ); # @b = ( 2, 16, 23 ); 16 / 4 = 4 / 1 # @a = ( 33, 5 ); # @b = ( 2, 4, 23 ); #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Inline 'C'; my (%set_a, %set_b); ++$set_a{$_} for 10, 20, 33, 45, 60; ++$set_b{$_} for 2, 5, 10, 12, 16, 23, 45; cancel_out(); # Assume %set_a and %set_b at package scope print "$_\t$set_a{$_}\n" for keys %set_a; print "\n\n\n"; print "$_\t$set_b{$_}\n" for keys %set_b; sub cancel_out { my $finished; while ( ! $finished ) { $finished = 1; for ( keys %set_a ) { if ( exists $set_b{$_} ) { my $res = $set_a{$_} <=> $set_b{$_}; if ( ! $res ) { delete $set_a{$_}, delete $set_b{$_} } elsif ( $res < 0 ) { $set_b{$_} -= delete($set_a{$_}); } else { $set_a{$_} -= delete($set_b{$_}); } } next if ! exists $set_a{$_}; my $m = $_; for my $n ( keys %set_b ) { my $gcd = gcd($m, $n); if ($gcd > 1 ) { ++$set_a{$m / $gcd} if $m != $gcd; ++$set_b{$n / $gcd} if $n != $gcd; ! --$set_a{$m} && delete $set_a{$m}; ! --$set_b{$n} && delete $set_b{$n}; $finished = 0, last; } } } } } __END__ __C__ /* Implementation of Euclid's Algorithm by fizbin */ int gcd(int m, int n) { while( 1 ) { if (n==0) {return m;} m %= n; if (m==0) {return n;} n %= m; } }