Use MULTIPLY to arithmetically multiply a specified variable by a specified value.
VarMultiply may also be entered as VarMult[iply] or Mult[iply].
Required Operands
OPER1 is the name of a previously declared numeric variable.
OPER2 is a non-negative numeric integer.
The contents of the OPER1 variable will be multiplied by the OPER2 value. The result will be stored in the OPER1 variable.
Return Codes
OK Successful.
Examples
Procedure to calculate the percent of BIM-EDIT 16K memory blocks currently in use:
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SET PPDVBL,1
DCL PERCENT,NUM,8,V
SETD PERCENT,MMP16KUS
MULTIPLY PERCENT,1000 ;SCALE BEFORE INTEGER DIVISION
DIVIDE PERCENT,&MMP16KDP
ADD PERCENT,5 ;ROUND TO NEAREST PERCENT
DIVIDE PERCENT,10
EXIT OK,'&PERCENT.% OF 16K MEMORY BLOCKS ARE IN USE'
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