GNU bug report logs - #25255
Emacs calculator evalutes lcm to a negative number

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bug Poster <bugzilla-mail-box <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Bug Poster <bugzilla-mail-box <at> yandex.ru>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Emacs calculator evalutes lcm to a negative number
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:32:19 +0900

GNU Emacs 24.3.1


This is formula of Least Common Multiple:

lcm(a, b) = |a * b| / gcd(a, b)


The calculator evaluates it, but doesn't take its absolute value.


Input:

5
n
<RET>
4
k
l

Output:

1: -20
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