multiply
container by
number
Number yields an integer
, a number
, or a complex
. Container yields a container containing an integer
, a number
, or a complex
.
multiply Subtotal by Tax
multiply steve by bill
multiply line 3 of andy by 25
The multiply
command multiplies the value of container by the value of number and leaves the result in container. The value in the container must be an integer
, a number
, or a complex
and is replaced with the new value.
The following example adds 6 percent to each item in a list:
on taxMe put "12.45,15.00,150.00,76.95,10.00,14.95,19.87" into taxables repeat with count = 1 to the number of items in taxables multiply item count of taxables by 1.06 end repeat put taxables end taxMe