30-seconds-of-code/snippets/lcm.md

lcm

Returns the least common multiple of two or more numbers.

Use the greatest common divisor (GCD) formula and the fact that lcm(x,y) = x * y / gcd(x,y) to determine the least common multiple. The GCD formula uses recursion.

const lcm = (...arr) => {
  const gcd = (x, y) => (!y ? x : gcd(y, x % y));
  const _lcm = (x, y) => x * y / gcd(x, y);
  return [...arr].reduce((a, b) => _lcm(a, b));
};

lcm(12, 7); // 84
lcm(...[1, 3, 4, 5]); // 60