RosettaCodeData/Task/Modular-inverse/Ruby/modular-inverse-2.rb
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

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Ruby

def modinv(a, m) # compute a^-1 mod m if possible
raise "NO INVERSE - #{a} and #{m} not coprime" unless a.gcd(m) == 1
return m if m == 1
m0, inv, x0 = m, 1, 0
while a > 1
inv -= (a / m) * x0
a, m = m, a % m
inv, x0 = x0, inv
end
inv += m0 if inv < 0
inv
end