Add two integers without using arithmetic operators – C Program to Multiply Two Numbers Without Using Arithmetic Operators

• Write a C program to multiply two numbers using bitwise operators.

Add two integers without using arithmetic operators: Given two numbers as input from user, we have to multiply them without using arithmetic operators like * and +. In this program we will multiply two numbers by repetitive addition. In other words, A X B is same as A + A + A… (B times).

For Example

5 X 4 = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20
To add two numbers we are calling a user defined function ‘add’ that takes two number as input and add them using bitwise operators and returns the sum. To add to number(lets say A and B), we will keep on adding value of A to a sum variable using ‘add’ function till B times.

C program to multiply two numbers without using arithmetic operators

/*
* C program to multiply two numbers without any arithmetic operator
*/
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
 
int add(int num1, int num2);
 
int main() {
    int num1, num2, product = 0, i;
    printf ("Enter first number\n");
    scanf("%d", &num1);
    printf("Enter second number\n");
    scanf("%d", &num2);
     
    /* Add num1 to itself, num2 times */
    for (i = 0; i < num2; i++) {
        product = add(product, num1);
    }
 
    printf("Product of %d and %d is %d\n", num1, num2, product);
     
 getch();
 return 0;
}
 
/* Add two numbers using bitwise operators */
int add(int num1, int num2) {
    int carry;
    while (num2 != 0) {
        carry = (num1 & num2) << 1;
        /* calculating the sum */
        num1 = num1 ^ num2;
        num2 = carry;
    }
    return num1;
}

Program Output

Enter first number
3
Enter second number
7
Product of 3 and 7 is 21