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---
title: Greatest common divisor
tags: math
expertise: beginner
cover: blog_images/digital-nomad-12.jpg
firstSeen: 2018-01-08T16:26:35+02:00
lastUpdated: 2020-09-15T16:13:06+03:00
---
Calculates the greatest common divisor of a list of numbers.
- Use `functools.reduce()` and `math.gcd()` over the given list.
```py
from functools import reduce
from math import gcd as _gcd
def gcd(numbers):
return reduce(_gcd, numbers)
```
```py
gcd([8, 36, 28]) # 4
```