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Hi..I recently faced this question in an interview.How to multiply a number by 7 without using multiplication operator?I could not answer it.Thanks for any reply.

jerico
Dec 11 '06 #1
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Hi..I recently faced this question in an interview.How to multiply a number by 7 without using multiplication operator?I could not answer it.Thanks for any reply.

jerico
you could add the number 7 times, e.g. k=j*7
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  1.     k=0;
  2.     for(int l=0; l<7; l++) k=k+j;
  3.  
you could shift left 3 bits (multiply by 8) and subtract, e.g.
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  1.     j=(j<<3)-j;
  2.  
Dec 11 '06 #2
jerico
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Thanks.

jerico
Dec 11 '06 #3

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