Short answer: Multiply numbers with the operator: The most common way to multiply 2 (or more) numbers would be using the operator ( ) this is the syntax to use it: syntax: Complete example: But how could we achieve this without using this operator? Multiply numbers without the operator: Let´s say that you dont want to use the ( ) operator. Here´s the way to do it: We created a function that receives 2 numbers, we declared a variable and start is as "0" to store our values and we´ll loop as many times as . For each itaration result will be updated adding to the stored ammount. Multiply as a power operation alternative The process would be pretty much alike, but the variable would start as 1, since we will be multiplying instead of adding and as we all know, multiplying with "0" is not a very good idea. Multiply strings Multiplying strings will follow the same structure, here´s an example: The function recevies 2 elements, the string we want to multiply and the second element will be the ammount of times it will repeat (multiply). Multiply lists of numbers with operator The way to multiply a list using the operator will ask to loop through the given array and multiply each element storing the value on a variable to return it. Multiply lists of numbers with numpy Numpy is a library widely used by many programmers to handle complex mathematics operations. Here´s how to use it to multiply lists: First we need to to be able to use it, and then with we pass the element we want to multiply (in this case, our array of numbers) Multiply lists of numbers with reduce Lambda is one of the most used methods in the python library, here´s how to use it along with to multiply lists Multiply lists of numbers with math.prod() Using the library you can multiply a list of numbers, here´s an example: We covered different ways to multiply in python numbers, strings and lists (arrays of numbers) with different methos, from the most simple and usual one, as simple as using the ( ) operator, to more complex ones using libraries like or . Hope you enjoyed your reading and keep on the Geek side.