The multiplication operator (*) multiplies two operands and returns their product. It is supported for all built-in numeric data types, including integers and floating-point values.

When both operands are integers, the result is an integer. If one or both operands are floating-point values, the operands undergo the usual arithmetic conversions, and the result is a floating-point value.

Source Code #

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    int num1 = 12;
    int num2 = 8;

    int product = num1 * num2;

    std::cout << "First Number : " << num1 << '\n';
    std::cout << "Second Number: " << num2 << '\n';
    std::cout << "Product      : " << product << '\n';

    return 0;
}

Output #

First Number : 12
Second Number: 8
Product      : 96

Explanation #

• The multiplication operator (*) multiplies the values of two operands.
• num1 * num2 evaluates to the product of the two integer values.
• The resulting value is assigned to the variable product.
• Both operands are of type int, so the result is also an integer.
• The value stored in product is displayed using std::cout.
• The multiplication operator can also be used with floating-point data types.
• return 0; terminates the program successfully.