Problem 553. How to multiply?

  • Imagine you are in 3012 Anno Domini, when everyone must learn how to multiply,
  • and competing for the highly prestigious post of,
  • Chief Comptroller of Ylpitlum Corporation.
  • You are being tested via MATLAB Cody for multiplication of two positive integers X and Y,
  • both are fortunately in decimal system, and only a few dozen digits or less,
  • and delivered as ASCII strings.
  • Please output the result Z in similar style.
  • Please adopt a general strategy, as X and Y may be changed later.
  • Please rename the function Z = ylpitlum(X,Y).
  • Function Template:
function Z = ylpitlum(X,Y)
% 098765432109876543210987654321098765432109876543210987654321
X='170000000000000000000000000000';
Y='190000000000000000000000000000';
Z='32300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
end
Solve

Solution Stats

50.26% Correct | 49.74% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Jun 03, 2025

Problem Comments

Solution Comments

Show comments

Problem Recent Solvers75

Suggested Problems

More from this Author100

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!