Challenge 6 – Why does multiplication not return the correct value? in C++

Difficulty x10

x5

This Challenge was proposed for the now defunct C/C++ programming list CWORLD in 1999.
The source code of the challenge has been updated to modern C++, but maintaining the essence of the challenge, which its original author wanted to transmit.

Can you find the error?. It’s very easy.

To solve it you have to make some small changes.

Source Code

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
	int num1, num2;
	long long result;
	num1 = 500000;
	num2 = 300000;
	result = num1 * num2;
	std::cout << "Result = " << result;
	
	return 0;
}

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Solution