{{fbdoc item="title" value="Operator * (Multiply)"}}----
Multiplies two numeric expressions

{{fbdoc item="syntax"}}##
	[[KeyPgDeclare declare]] [[KeyPgOperator operator]] ***** ( [[KeyPgByref byref]] //lhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgInteger integer]], [[KeyPgByref byref]] //rhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgInteger integer]] ) [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgInteger integer]]
	[[KeyPgDeclare declare]] [[KeyPgOperator operator]] ***** ( [[KeyPgByref byref]] //lhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgUinteger uinteger]], [[KeyPgByref byref]] //rhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgUinteger uinteger]] ) [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgUinteger uinteger]]
	[[KeyPgDeclare declare]] [[KeyPgOperator operator]] ***** ( [[KeyPgByref byref]] //lhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgLongint longint]], [[KeyPgByref byref]] //rhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgLongint longint]] ) [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgLongint longint]]
	[[KeyPgDeclare declare]] [[KeyPgOperator operator]] ***** ( [[KeyPgByref byref]] //lhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgUlongint ulongint]], [[KeyPgByref byref]] //rhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgUlongint ulongint]] ) [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgUlongint ulongint]]

	[[KeyPgDeclare declare]] [[KeyPgOperator operator]] ***** ( [[KeyPgByref byref]] //lhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgSingle single]], [[KeyPgByref byref]] //rhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgSingle single]] ) [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgSingle single]]
	[[KeyPgDeclare declare]] [[KeyPgOperator operator]] ***** ( [[KeyPgByref byref]] //lhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgDouble double]], [[KeyPgByref byref]] //rhs// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgDouble double]] ) [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgDouble double]]
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{{fbdoc item="usage"}}##
	//result// = //lhs// **##*##** //rhs//
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{{fbdoc item="param"}}
	##//lhs//##
		The left-hand side multiplicand expression.
	##//rhs//##
		The right-hand side multiplicand expression.

{{fbdoc item="ret"}}
	Returns the product of two multiplicands.

{{fbdoc item="desc"}}
	**##Operator *## (Multiply)** returns the product of two multiplicands.

	Neither operand is modified in any way.

	This operator can be overloaded to accept user-defined types.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/operator/multiply.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
DIM n AS DOUBLE
n = 4 * 5
PRINT n
SLEEP
%%
Output:
%%
20
%%

{{fbdoc item="lang"}}
	- In the //[[CompilerOptlang -lang qb]]// dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- None

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- [[CatPgMath Mathematical Functions]]

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