GCD using euclids algorithms & looping

# Credits to NPTEL MOOC,Programming, Data Structures & Algorithms 
#in Python by Madhavan Mukund, Chennai Mathematical Institute

def gcd(m,n):
  if m < n:  # Assume m >= n
    (m,n) = (n,m)
  while (m%n) != 0:
    diff = m-n
    # diff > n? Possible!
    (m,n) = (max(n,diff),min(n,diff))
  return(n)

Greatest common divisor program using euclids algorithms

#Credits to NPTEL MOOC, Programming, Data Structures & Algorithms in 
#Python by Madhavan Mukund, Chennai Mathematical Institute 
 
def gcd(m,n):
    if m < n:
        (m,n) = (n,m)
    if (m%n) == 0:
        return(n)
    else:
        diff = m-n
        return(gcd(max(n,diff),min(n,diff)))

print(gcd(12,3))