I have it down to 2 failing now, so close.

Hey @ccombe I also hit the recursion limit and was able to get around it by combining the repetitive operations. I recommend printing the inputs and looking in the logs for a pattern :)

If it's worth anything, I can tell you i don't think this kata is 7 kyu. I think that even if solution looks simple, it's not THAT easy to get to it. Don't get discouraged, and keep trying :)

OK looks like I can get past the repeating line error and now I can solve 116 with 91 failing and it seems to be there I have largeish numbers that don't quite get clos enough to eachother. Time for bed - ill keep trying tomorrow.

Thanks that is helpful but it's almost midnight here and I'm running out of ideas.
I think I need a way of being able to check if the line will repeat again (many times) because the value or either a or b is so large that it needs to be reduced significantly.

I woudl think checking to see if the difference between the a and b is > 3 * a or 3 * b, then set a = 2 * b or b = 2 * a but that doesn't feel right.

Note how in previous post you have this: [previous line repeated 996 more times]. Maybe you could find a way to avoid so many identical lines? It should not be difficult. But yeah, I wonder if still in scope of a white kata...

I'm losing my mind on Python.

I keep hitting the recursion limit which seems like a Python gap compared to other languages but then I assume I'm doing something stupid with my logic - however I see a lot of others having the same issue with the same test.

solve(100000000000,3)

Any suggestions for how to best approach solving this or if there's a specific feature / approach to trye would be appreciated.

Should I be looking into generators and yields as an alternative?

Amy suggestions / tips are appreciated.

hitting a recursion limit is a problem of your solution

I think there are some issues with cases in attempt:

solve(100000000000,3)

elif a >= 2b: return solve(a-2b, b)
[previous line repeated 996 more times]

RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison

I have the same problem, i pass all the tests but get a SystemStackError

seems like it wasn't me but the kata itself afterall hehe

Please check your code. If you need help with it, please post it as a Question, not an Issue. The Kata is Ok. Please check how many solutions have passed in JS.

Javascript: Basic test in 'TEST' passed, but the same test in 'ATTEMPT' did'nt:

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Test Passed: Value deep equals [6, 7]
Test Passed: Value deep equals [0, 1]
Test Passed: Value deep equals [0, 1]
Test Passed: Value deep equals [2, 2]
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Test Results:
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Test Passed: Value deep equals [6, 7]
Test Passed: Value deep equals [0, 1]
Test Passed: Value deep equals [0, 1]
Test Passed: Value deep equals [2, 2]
RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
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Test Passed: Value deep equals [10288292, 9492336]... etc