RosettaCodeData/Task/Modular-inverse/Ruby/modular-inverse-1.rb

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#based on pseudo code from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Euclidean_algorithm#Iterative_method_2 and from translating the python implementation.
def extended_gcd(a, b)
last_remainder, remainder = a.abs, b.abs
x, last_x, y, last_y = 0, 1, 1, 0
while remainder != 0
last_remainder, (quotient, remainder) = remainder, last_remainder.divmod(remainder)
x, last_x = last_x - quotient*x, x
y, last_y = last_y - quotient*y, y
end
return last_remainder, last_x * (a < 0 ? -1 : 1)
end
def invmod(e, et)
g, x = extended_gcd(e, et)
if g != 1
raise 'The maths are broken!'
end
x % et
end