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function multiply() {  
     var length = arguments.length;
     var total =1;
    if(length>0) {
          for(var i = 0; i<length; i+=1){
             total = total * arguments[i];
         }
          return console.log(total);
     }
    console.log(0);
}

var multiply_once = once(multiply); 
multiply_once(3,4);  // 12
multiply_once(3,4);  //Error: Cannot read property 'apply' of null

function once(func) {
	return function() {
		var f = func;
		func = null;
		return f.apply(this,arguments);
	};
}