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From the SETL Wiki

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Category	set, tuple, string, math
Syntax	infix
Compatibility
CIMS SETL	yes
SETL-S	yes
SETL2	yes
GNU SETL	yes

Contents 1 Purpose 2 Synopsis 3 Description 4 Examples

Purpose

Numeric product, set intersection, tuple or string replication

Synopsis

 x * y

Description

• If x and y are both sets, returns their intersection.
• If x and y are both numeric, returns their product. This may involve numeric promotion.
• If one of x and y is a string or tuple and the other is an integer, the string or tuple is replicated that number of times.

Examples

• 2 * 3
  

  Result: 6

• 2 * 3.5
  

  Result: 7.0

• {1, 2, 3} * {2, 3, 4}
  

  Result: {2, 3}

• 2 * "abc"
  

  Result: "abcabc"

• "abc" * 2
  

  Result: "abcabc"

• 2 * [1, 2]
  

  Result: [1, 2, 1, 2]

• [1, 2] * 2
  

  Result: [1, 2, 1, 2]