Creating Multiplication Table in Python

Creating a multiplication table is a fantastic way to practice loops and basic arithmetic operations in Python. It’s a great exercise for beginners and a handy utility for everyone.

Code to create Multiplication Table

We’ll write a Python script that takes an input number, ( n ), and prints out its multiplication table up to ( n \times 10 ).

Let’s create a new Python file for this task and name it as multiplication_table.py.

# multiplication_table.py

def print_multiplication_table(n):
    # Print the multiplication table for n
    for i in range(1, 11):
        result = n * i
        print(f"{n} x {i} = {result}")

# Main function
if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Input from user
    n = int(input("Enter a number: "))
    
    # Print the multiplication table
    print(f"Multiplication table for {n}:")
    print_multiplication_table(n)

Let’s break down this code. We define a function called print_multiplication_table that takes a single argument, ( n ). Inside this function, we use a for loop to iterate from 1 to 10. For each iteration, we calculate the product of ( n ) and the current loop variable ( i ), and then we print the result in a formatted string.

In the __main__ section of our script, we prompt the user to enter a number, convert it to an integer, and then call our print_multiplication_table function with this number.

Output

$ python multiplication_table.py
Enter a number: 5
Multiplication table for 5:
5 x 1 = 5
5 x 2 = 10
5 x 3 = 15
5 x 4 = 20
5 x 5 = 25
5 x 6 = 30
5 x 7 = 35
5 x 8 = 40
5 x 9 = 45
5 x 10 = 50

As you can see, when we input the number 5, the script outputs the multiplication table for 5 from 1 to 10.