[OS X TeX] Macro for multiplying numbers

[Claus Gerhardt]

I didn't verify, but I guess adding braces will do

> \mul{{\mul{4}{5}}}{6}

Claus

On Mar 6, 2005, at 2:17, Kapila Rohan Attele wrote:

>
> I made  a macro for multiplying integers
>
> \def\mul#1#2{\newcounter{a}\newcounter{b}\setcounter{a}{#1}\setcounter{ 
> b}{#2} \multiply \value{a} by \value{b} \the\value{a}}
>
> It can multiply two integers (correctly), but  given 3 to multiply  
> \mul{\mul{4}{5}}{6} it complains missing number, treated as zero.
> How to define a macro that associativity to multiply more than two?
>
> Rohan Attele
> Chicago State University
>
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