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---
title: Greatest common divisor
id: 5a23c84252665b21eecc7e82
challengeType: 5
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
Write a function that returns the greatest common divisor of two integers.
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: '''<code>gcd</code> should be a function.'''
testString: 'assert(typeof gcd==''function'',''<code>gcd</code> should be a function.'');'
- text: '''<code>gcd(24,36)</code> should return a number.'''
testString: 'assert(typeof gcd(24,36)==''number'',''<code>gcd(24,36)</code> should return a number.'');'
- text: '''<code>gcd(24,36)</code> should return <code>12</code>.'''
testString: 'assert.equal(gcd(24,36),12,''<code>gcd(24,36)</code> should return <code>12</code>.'');'
- text: '''<code>gcd(30,48)</code> should return <code>6</code>.'''
testString: 'assert.equal(gcd(30,48),6,''<code>gcd(30,48)</code> should return <code>6</code>.'');'
- text: '''<code>gcd(10,15)</code> should return <code>5</code>.'''
testString: 'assert.equal(gcd(10,15),5,''<code>gcd(10,15)</code> should return <code>5</code>.'');'
- text: '''<code>gcd(100,25)</code> should return <code>25</code>.'''
testString: 'assert.equal(gcd(100,25),25,''<code>gcd(100,25)</code> should return <code>25</code>.'');'
- text: '''<code>gcd(13,250)</code> should return <code>1</code>.'''
testString: 'assert.equal(gcd(13,250),1,''<code>gcd(13,250)</code> should return <code>1</code>.'');'
- text: '''<code>gcd(1300,250)</code> should return <code>50</code>.'''
testString: 'assert.equal(gcd(1300,250),50,''<code>gcd(1300,250)</code> should return <code>50</code>.'');'
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
function gcd(a, b) {
// Good luck!
}
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
function gcd(a, b) {
return b==0 ? Math.abs(a):gcd(b, a % b);
}
```
</section>