create a function that calculates the lcm between two numbers with using the lcm and gcd function in matlab

main.m
function result = lcm_numbers(num1, num2)

% Calculate the gcd between num1 and num2
gcd_value = gcd(num1, num2);

% Calculate the lcm between num1 and num2 using the gcd value
result = abs(num1 * num2) / gcd_value;

end
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The above code block shows a function named lcm_numbers in MATLAB that takes two input arguments as the numbers for which we have to calculate the lcm. The function makes use of gcd() function in MATLAB to calculate the greatest common divisor between the two numbers. lcm() function cannot be directly used as it's available only from the MATLAB release R2006a and later. In order to calculate the LCM, we can use the formula: lcm = (abs(num1*num2)/gcd) where num1 and num2 are the input numbers and gcd is the calculated greatest common divisor. The last line of the code block returns the calculated LCM value.