The multiplication operator represented by the star symbol, is used as a dyadic operator used to return the calculated product of two operands multiplied together:
answer = 3 * 4 # 12
The multiplication compound assignment operator represented by a starequals digraph, can also be used to perform a multiplication:
value *= 3 # value = value * 3
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