Imports System
Imports System.Numerics
Class Program
Private Shared Function MultiplyStrings(ByVal num1 As String, ByVal num2 As String) As String
Dim n1 As BigInteger = BigInteger.Parse(num1)
Dim n2 As BigInteger = BigInteger.Parse(num2)
Dim result As BigInteger = n1 * n2
Return result.ToString()
End Function
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim num1 As String = "123"
Dim num2 As String = "456"
Console.WriteLine("Result: " & MultiplyStrings(num1, num2))
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' Result: 56088
'