Multiplication function

In the Mini project, the 5th module is to find the product of two values without using ‘*’ operator. Rita allotted this function to Pooja.

Help Pooja to write a program to find the product of two values without using ‘*’ operator?

Function specification:

int product(int ,int );

Input format :

Input consists of two integers multiplicand and multiplier.

Output format :

The output consists of an integer which is the product of two inputs.

Refer Sample Input and Output for formatting details.

[ All text in bold corresponds to the input and the rest corresponds to output.]

Sample Input and Output :

Enter the two numbers :

2

3

The product is 6

Program Code:

#include<stdio.h>

#include<math.h>

int product(int num1, int num2)

{

    int ans;

   while(num2 != 0)

{

ans = ans + num1;

num2--;

}

return ans;

}

int main()

{

    int a,b;

    printf("Enter the two numbers :\n");

    scanf("%d%d",&a,&b);

    printf("The product is %d",product(a,b));

    return 0;

}