COBOL MULTIPLY Verb

• MULTIPLY verb is used to multiply two or more numeric values and store the final result
• Basic syntax:-
  Format 1:-
  MULTIPLY {identifier-1/literal-1} BY identifier-2 [, identifier-3]…
  Format 2:-
  MULTIPLY {identifier-1/literal-1} BY {identifier-2/literal-2} [, {identifier-3/literal-3}]… GIVING identifier-4 [, identifier-5]…

• Below table will help you understand few possible operations using MULTIPLY

• When GIVING option is used, then only we can use numeric-literal in place of identifier-2, identifier-3
• Last named operand must never be literal as the resultant value is always stored there.