import sys def main(argv): if len(argv) != 2: sys.exit('Usage: russian_multi.py ') a = int(sys.argv[1]) b = int(sys.argv[2]) sum = 0; if a == 0 or b == 0: print 0; exit(); if b%2 == 1: sum += a; while b != 1: a = a*2; b = b/2; if b%2 == 1: sum += a; print "The result of " + str(a) + " times " + str(b) + " is: " + str(sum) if __name__ == "__main__": main(sys.argv[1:])