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Oliver Eyton-Williams ee1e8abd87 feat(curriculum): restore seed + solution to Chinese (#40683)
* feat(tools): add seed/solution restore script

* chore(curriculum): remove empty sections' markers

* chore(curriculum): add seed + solution to Chinese

* chore: remove old formatter

* fix: update getChallenges

parse translated challenges separately, without reference to the source

* chore(curriculum): add dashedName to English

* chore(curriculum): add dashedName to Chinese

* refactor: remove unused challenge property 'name'

* fix: relax dashedName requirement

* fix: stray tag

Remove stray `pre` tag from challenge file.

Signed-off-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com>
2021-01-12 19:31:00 -07:00

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---
id: 5e4ce2a1ac708cc68c1df25d
title: Long multiplication
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 385269
dashedName: long-multiplication
---
# --description--
Explicitly implement [long multiplication](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/long multiplication>).
This is one possible approach to arbitrary-precision integer algebra.
# --instructions--
Write a function that takes two strings of large numbers as parameters. Your function should return the product of these two large numbers as a string.
**Note:** In JavaScript, arithmetic operations are inaccurate with large numbers, so you will have to implement precise multiplication yourself.
# --hints--
`mult` should be a function.
```js
assert(typeof mult == 'function');
```
`mult("18446744073709551616", "18446744073709551616")` should return a string.
```js
assert(typeof mult('18446744073709551616', '18446744073709551616') == 'string');
```
`mult("18446744073709551616", "18446744073709551616")` should return `"340282366920938463463374607431768211456"`.
```js
assert.equal(
mult('18446744073709551616', '18446744073709551616'),
'340282366920938463463374607431768211456'
);
```
`mult("31844674073709551616", "1844674407309551616")` should return `"58743055272886011737990786529368211456"`.
```js
assert.equal(
mult('31844674073709551616', '1844674407309551616'),
'58743055272886011737990786529368211456'
);
```
`mult("1846744073709551616", "44844644073709551616")` should return `"82816580680737279241781007431768211456"`.
```js
assert.equal(
mult('1846744073709551616', '44844644073709551616'),
'82816580680737279241781007431768211456'
);
```
`mult("1844674407370951616", "1844674407709551616")` should return `"3402823669833978308014392742590611456"`.
```js
assert.equal(
mult('1844674407370951616', '1844674407709551616'),
'3402823669833978308014392742590611456'
);
```
`mult("2844674407370951616", "1844674407370955616")` should return `"5247498076580334548376218009219475456"`.
```js
assert.equal(
mult('2844674407370951616', '1844674407370955616'),
'5247498076580334548376218009219475456'
);
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```js
function mult(strNum1, strNum2) {
}
```
# --solutions--
```js
function mult(strNum1, strNum2) {
var a1 = strNum1.split("").reverse();
var a2 = strNum2.toString().split("").reverse();
var aResult = new Array;
for ( var iterNum1 = 0; iterNum1 < a1.length; iterNum1++ ) {
for ( var iterNum2 = 0; iterNum2 < a2.length; iterNum2++ ) {
var idxIter = iterNum1 + iterNum2; // Get the current array position.
aResult[idxIter] = a1[iterNum1] * a2[iterNum2] + ( idxIter >= aResult.length ? 0 : aResult[idxIter] );
if ( aResult[idxIter] > 9 ) { // Carrying
aResult[idxIter + 1] = Math.floor( aResult[idxIter] / 10 ) + ( idxIter + 1 >= aResult.length ? 0 : aResult[idxIter + 1] );
aResult[idxIter] %= 10;
}
}
}
return aResult.reverse().join("");
}
```