---
title: "multipliedFullWidth(by:)"
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "swift/fixedwidthinteger/multipliedfullwidth(by:)"
---

# multipliedFullWidth(by:)

Returns a tuple containing the high and low parts of the result of multiplying this value by the given value.

## Declaration

```swift
func multipliedFullWidth(by other: Self) -> (high: Self, low: Self.Magnitude)
```

## Parameters

- `other`: The value to multiply this value by.

## Return Value

Return Value A tuple containing the high and low parts of the result of multiplying this value and other.

## Discussion

Discussion Use this method to calculate the full result of a product that would otherwise overflow. Unlike traditional truncating multiplication, the multipliedFullWidth(by:) method returns a tuple containing both the high and low parts of the product of this value and other. The following example uses this method to multiply two Int8 values that normally overflow when multiplied: let x: Int8 = 48 let y: Int8 = -40 let result = x.multipliedFullWidth(by: y) // result.high == -8 // result.low  == 128 The product of x and y is -1920, which is too large to represent in an Int8 instance. The high and low components of the result value represent -1920 when concatenated to form a double-width integer; that is, using result.high as the high byte and result.low as the low byte of an Int16 instance. let z = Int16(result.high) << 8 | Int16(result.low) // z == -1920