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python - Built-in module to calculate the least common multiple

I am currently using a function that accepts two numbers and uses a loop to find the least common multiple of those numbers,

def lcm(x, y):
   """This function takes two
   integers and returns the L.C.M."""

   # Choose the greater number
   if x > y:
       greater = x
   else:
       greater = y

   while(True):
       if((greater % x == 0) and (greater % y == 0)):
           lcm = greater
           break
       greater += 1

   return lcm

Is there a built-in module in Python that does it instead of writing a custom function?

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In Python 3.8 and earlier

There is no such thing built into the stdlib.

However, there is a Greatest Common Divisor function in the math library. (For Python 3.4 or 2.7, it's buried in fractions instead.) And writing an LCM on top of a GCD is pretty trivial:

def lcm(a, b):
    return abs(a*b) // math.gcd(a, b)

Or, if you're using NumPy, it's come with an lcm function for quite some time now.


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