Basic - Multiplication: *

Multiplication is a matematical operation, it can be used for integers and real numbers.multiplication is an associative operation, therefore order of operands is important. it is necessary to pay attention to the type of output was large enough, otherwise the operation can easily cause an overflow. for example, multiplying two 16-bit numbers we need to put at least 32-bit variable, to prevent overflow.

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Description

par1 * par2

Used keywords: *

Input

par1 - Any number
par2 - Any number

Output

Result - Any number with the larger type

Compatible programing languages:
Visual Basic .NET | FreeBASIC

Examples

Basic

Multiplication the possible of use:

x = 10 * 5      ' x=50
y = 100 * 1.2   ' y=120
z = (x / 5) * 10' z=100

Basic

Even one example in what situations we can use the operation multiplication:

i * &HFF
10 * 3.14
(10 - j * 0.5) * 2

Basic

Other pieces of example codes:

x * 2 / y

x <= y * 5

(x * y)

y = 4 * &Hff

x = 5 * y

i = x * 5

You can find it in the following collections: arithmetic operators

Multiplication in another programming language: