How can I perform multiplication without the '*' operator?

Question

I was just going through some basic stuff as I am learning C. I came upon a question to multiply a number by 7 without using the * operator. Basically it\'s like this

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Answer 1

Another thinking-outside-the-box answer:

BigDecimal a = new BigDecimal(123);
BigDecimal b = new BigDecimal(2);
BigDecimal result = a.multiply(b);
System.out.println(result.intValue());