Decimal.Multiply(Decimal, Decimal) Method

Definition

Multiplies two specified Decimal values.

C#
public static decimal Multiply(decimal d1, decimal d2);

Parameters

d1
Decimal

The multiplicand.

d2
Decimal

The multiplier.

Returns

The result of multiplying d1 and d2.

Exceptions

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

Examples

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

C#
// Example of the decimal.Multiply, decimal.Divide, and
// decimal.Remainder methods.
using System;
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;

class DecimalMulDivRemDemo
{
    const string dataFmt = "{0,-35}{1,31}";

    // Display decimal parameters and their product, quotient, and
    // remainder.
    public static void ShowDecimalProQuoRem( decimal Left, decimal Right )
    {
        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 ) );
    }

    public static void Main( )
    {
        Console.WriteLine( "This example of the \n" +
            "  decimal.Multiply( decimal, decimal ), \n" +
            "  decimal.Divide( decimal, decimal ), and \n" +
            "  decimal.Remainder( decimal, decimal ) \n" +
            "methods generates the following output. It displays " +
            "the product, \nquotient, and remainder of several " +
            "pairs of decimal objects." );

        // Create pairs of decimal objects.
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( 1000M, 7M );
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( -1000M, 7M );
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem(
            new decimal( 1230000000, 0, 0, false, 7 ), 0.0012300M );
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( 12345678900000000M,
            0.0000000012345678M );
        ShowDecimalProQuoRem( 123456789.0123456789M,
            123456789.1123456789M );
    }
}

/*
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                                            0.0012300
decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )                   0.15129000000000
decimal.Divide( Left, Right )                               100000
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
*/

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also