OpenEdge Development:<br />Progress 4GL Reference * Multiplication operator

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* Multiplication operator

Multiplies two numeric expressions.

Syntax
expression * expression 
expression
An expression with a numeric value.
Example

This procedure computes the value of the on-hand inventory for each item. If the on-hand inventory is negative, the procedure sets the inventory value to 0.
r-mult.p
DEFINE VARIABLE inv-value AS DECIMAL LABEL "VALUE".

FOR EACH item:
    inv-value = on-hand * price.
    IF inv-value < 0
    THEN inv-value = 0.
    DISPLAY item.item-num item-name on-hand price inv-value.
END. 
Note

Multiplying two decimal expressions produces a decimal value. Multiplying two integer expressions produces an integer value. Multiplying an integer expression and a decimal expression produces a decimal value.