Commands

multiply

Supported By

XION Scripting Language Standard (1.0)
OpenXION (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
OpenXION Standard Module (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
HyperTalk (2.2)

Syntax

multiply container by number

Number yields an integer, a number, or a complex. Container yields a container containing an integer, a number, or a complex.

Examples

multiply Subtotal by Tax

multiply steve by bill

multiply line 3 of andy by 25

Description

The multiply command multiplies the value of container by the value of number and leaves the result in container. The value in the container must be an integer, a number, or a complex and is replaced with the new value.

Script

The following example adds 6 percent to each item in a list:

on taxMe
  put "12.45,15.00,150.00,76.95,10.00,14.95,19.87" into taxables
  repeat with count = 1 to the number of items in taxables
    multiply item count of taxables by 1.06
  end repeat
  put taxables
end taxMe