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$n will be small. Assume its a 16 bit integer.


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Re^3: Best way to make sure a number is an even multiple of another?
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Oct 21, 2004 at 14:33 UTC
    demerphq,
    I am guilty. I am guilty of not spending enough time reading your question to see what you were asking for before jumping to conclusions. The conclusion I jumped to is that you wanted the largest factor greater than or equal to a certain number. To that end, here is code that I believe does that.
    Read more... (2 kB)
    While I know that this isn't what you asked for, it might be of benefit to someone.

    Cheers - L~R

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