* Operator

Used to multiply two numbers.

Syntax

result = number1 * number2

The * operator syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
result	Required; any numeric variable.
number1	Required; any numeric expression.
number2	Required; any numeric expression.

The data type of result is usually the same as that of the most preciseexpression. The order of precision, from least to most precise, is Byte, Integer, Long, Single, Currency, Double, and Decimal.

The following are exceptions to this order:

If	Then result is
Multiplication involves a Single and a Long	Converted to a Double.
The data type of result is a Long, Single, or Date variant that overflows its legal range	Converted to a Variant containing a Double.
The data type of result is a Byte variant that overflows its legal range	Converted to an Integer variant.
The data type of result is an Integer variant that overflows its legal range	Converted to a Long variant.

If one or both expressions are Null expressions, result is Null. If an expression is Empty, it is treated as 0.

Note

The order of precision used by multiplication is not the same as the order of precision used by addition and subtraction.

This example uses the * operator to multiply two numbers.

Dim MyValue
MyValue = 2 * 2    ' Returns 4.
MyValue = 459.35 * 334.90     ' Returns 153836.315.