Decimal..::.Multiply Method
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Decimal..::.Multiply Method

Multiplies two specified Decimal values.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax

'Usage

Dim d1 As Decimal
Dim d2 As Decimal
Dim returnValue As Decimal

returnValue = Decimal.Multiply(d1, d2)

'Declaration

Public Shared Function Multiply ( _
    d1 As Decimal, _
    d2 As Decimal _
) As Decimal

Parameters

d1
Type: System..::.Decimal
A Decimal (the multiplicand).
d2
Type: System..::.Decimal
A Decimal (the multiplier).

Return Value

Type: System..::.Decimal
A Decimal that is the result of multiplying d1 and d2.
Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
OverflowException

The return value is less than MinValue or greater than MaxValue.

Examples

The following code example creates several pairs of Decimal values and calculates their products with the Multiply method.

' Example of the Decimal.Multiply, Decimal.Divide, and 
' Decimal.Remainder methods. 
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Module DecimalMulDivRemDemo

    Const dataFmt As String = "{0,-35}{1,31}"

    ' Display Decimal parameters and their product, quotient, and 
    ' remainder.
    Sub ShowDecimalProQuoRem( Left as Decimal, Right as Decimal )

        Console.WriteLine( )
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Decimal Left", Left )
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Decimal Right", Right )
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, _
            "Decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )", _
            Decimal.Multiply( Left, Right ) )
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, _
            "Decimal.Divide( Left, Right )", _
            Decimal.Divide( Left, Right ) )
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, _
            "Decimal.Remainder( Left, Right )", _
            Decimal.Remainder( Left, Right ) )
    End Sub

    Sub Main( )
        Console.WriteLine( "This example of the " & vbCrLf & _
            "  Decimal.Multiply( Decimal, Decimal ), " & vbCrLf & _
            "  Decimal.Divide( Decimal, Decimal ), and " & vbCrLf & _
            "  Decimal.Remainder( Decimal, Decimal ) " & vbCrLf & _
            "methods generates the following output. It displays " & _
            "the product, " & vbCrLf & "quotient, and remainder " & _
            "of several pairs of Decimal objects." )

        ' Create pairs of Decimal objects.
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( 1000D, 7D ) 
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( -1000D, 7D ) 
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( _
            new Decimal( 1230000000, 0, 0, False, 7 ), _
            0.0012300D )
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( 12345678900000000D, _
            0.0000000012345678D )
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( 123456789.0123456789D, _
            123456789.1123456789D )
    End Sub
End Module 

' This example of the
'   Decimal.Multiply( Decimal, Decimal ),
'   Decimal.Divide( Decimal, Decimal ), and
'   Decimal.Remainder( Decimal, Decimal )
' methods generates the following output. It displays the product,
' quotient, and remainder of several pairs of Decimal objects.
' 
' Decimal Left                                                  1000
' Decimal Right                                                    7
' Decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )                               7000
' Decimal.Divide( Left, Right )       142.85714285714285714285714286
' Decimal.Remainder( Left, Right )                                 6
' 
' Decimal Left                                                 -1000
' Decimal Right                                                    7
' Decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )                              -7000
' Decimal.Divide( Left, Right )      -142.85714285714285714285714286
' Decimal.Remainder( Left, Right )                                -6
' 
' Decimal Left                                           123.0000000
' Decimal Right                                              0.00123
' Decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )                     0.151290000000
' Decimal.Divide( Left, Right )                            100000.00
' Decimal.Remainder( Left, Right )                                 0
' 
' Decimal Left                                     12345678900000000
' Decimal Right                                   0.0000000012345678
' Decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )          15241577.6390794200000000
' Decimal.Divide( Left, Right )       10000000729000059778004901.796
' Decimal.Remainder( Left, Right )                    0.000000000983
' 
' Decimal Left                                  123456789.0123456789
' Decimal Right                                 123456789.1123456789
' Decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )     15241578765584515.651425087878
' Decimal.Divide( Left, Right )       0.9999999991899999933660999449
' Decimal.Remainder( Left, Right )              123456789.0123456789


Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
See Also

Reference

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