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    Please Help

    I need help with programming because its almost the end of the semester and I still have no clue how to write code. My professor gave us an assignment and I dont know how to do it so if you could help me I would greatly appreciate it. Here is the code.

    Write a program that will reduce a fraction to its lowest components.
    First, write a function greatest common divider that takes two integer arguments, u and v, and does the following computation:
    Step1: If v is zero, return zero.
    Step2: Set u=|u| and v=|v|.
    Step3: If u is zero, return zero.
    Step4: Set r=u mod v, u=v, v=r, and return to step3.
    The results is the greatest common divisor of u and v.
    Write a main function that will let you enter two intergers repeatedly. End the loop if one of the intergers is zero.
    For the two intergers entered, find the greatest common divisor, divide it into the two intergers, and display the results.

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    send what you think to be a proper amount of cash to this paypal account: <<SNIPPED by moderator>>
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    lol, now now brain, we cant be having that sort of behaviour

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    my bad.. from the first post, i thought this was the, "programmer for hire" forum
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    • "Data Structures and Other Objects using C++" -Walter Savitch
    • "Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers" -Kip Irvine
    • "Programming Windows, 5th edition" -Charles Petzold
    • "Visual C++ MFC Programming by Example" -John E. Swanke
    • "Network Programming Windows" -Jones/Ohlund
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    Damn right we can't!
    Glares disapprovingly @ brain
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    You lay out the steps 1,2,3,4. Add a few parenthesis and semi-colons and you have it.
    the only other thing you might need to know x mod y = x%y and |x| = abs(x)

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