# Write a Python program to multiply two integers without using the * operator in python.  
 def multiply(x, y):
    if y < 0:
        return -multiply(x, -y)
    elif y == 0:
        return 0
    elif y == 1:
        return x
    else:
        return x + multiply(x, y - 1)

print(multiply(3, 5));
