what wud happen if we call gcd(m,n) with m positive nd n negative in the following definition

Question

def gcd(m,n) :

if m < n :
(m,n) = (n,m)

if (m%n) == 0 :
return (n)
else :
diff = m-n
return (gcd(max(n,diff),min(n,diff)))

a) the function would still compute gcd correctly
b) the function would not terminate
c) the behavior depends on the exact values of m and n

give reason for ur answer

Answer 1

"c" since m and n aren't defined yet. everything in the else statement is run since none of them is True (btw, you need to use 'elif'). So you would probably get a exception (NameError)