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

A JavaScript approach for positive numbers

function recursiveMultiply(num1, num2){
    const bigger = num1 > num2 ? num1 : num2; 
    const smaller = num1 <= num2 ? num1 : num2; 
    const indexIncrement = 1;
    const resultIncrement = bigger;

    return recursiveMultiplyHelper(bigger, smaller, 0, indexIncrement, resultIncrement)
}

function recursiveMultiplyHelper(num1, num2, index, indexIncrement, resultIncrement){
    let result = 0;
    if (index === num2){
        return result;
    } 

    if ((index+indexIncrement+indexIncrement) >= num2){
        indexIncrement = 1;
        resultIncrement = num1;
    } else{
        indexIncrement += indexIncrement;
        resultIncrement += resultIncrement;
    }

    result = recursiveMultiplyHelper(num1, num2, (index+indexIncrement), indexIncrement, resultIncrement);
    result += resultIncrement;
    console.log(num1, num2, index, result);

    return result;
}