Multiplication Assignment(*=) Operator in JavaScript

Multiplication Assignment Operator(*=) in JavaScript is used to multiply two operands and assign the result to the right operand.

Syntax:

variable1 *= variable2
// variable1 = variable1 * variable2

Example 1: In this example, we multiply two numerical values using the Multiplication Assignment Operator(*=) and assign the result variable in javascript.

Javascript

let number = 5;
number *= 2;
console.log(number);
// Expected output:10

Output:

10

Example 2: Here we perform multiplication with a non-Numeric value and it will return NaN using the Multiplication Assignment Operator(*=) in javascript.

Javascript

let number = 10;
number *= "GeeksforGeeks";

console.log(number);
// Expected outout: NaN

Output:

NaN

We have a complete list of Javascript Assignment operators, to check those please go through the Javascript Assignment operators. 

Supported browser:

• Chrome 1
• Edge 12
• Firefox 1
• Safari 1
• Opera 3