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Determine dividers

Implement a program that, given two integers, returns if one is a divisor of the other. To do this, you must detect which is the smallest. You cannot use the division or remainder operation. In your implementation you must also take into account negative numbers and 0 (all numbers are divisors of 0).

For your program, perhaps the abs() function from the Python standard library is useful. The abs() function returns the absolute value of the given number. The absolute value of a number is the value regardless of its sign. Therefore, the absolute of 10 is 10, and hte absolute of -10 is also 10.

Test your program with the following outputs:

>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 0
    Enter another integer number: 0
    There are no divisors of 0
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 0
    Enter another integer number: 2
    2 is a divisor of 0
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 4
    Enter another integer number: 0
    4 is a divisor of 0
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: -5
    Enter another integer number: 0
    -5 is a divisor of 0
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 0
    Enter another integer number: -6
    -6 is a divisor of 0
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 25
    Enter another integer number: 5
    5 is a divisor of 25
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 4
    Enter another integer number: 16
    4 is a divisor of 16
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 3
    Enter another integer number: 17
    3 is not a divisor of 17
>>> %Run 
    Enter an integer number: 17
    Enter another integer number: 4
    4 is not a divisor of 17
Insist that the students test their programs by giving them example
test executions. Note that the test cases have been chosen carefully
to make sure we cover a lot of combinations and take 0 into account.