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Given two non-negative numbers, num1 and num2 represented as strings, sum the integers together and return the result as a string.
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/* | |
Given two non-negative numbers, num1 and num2 represented as strings, sum the integers together and return the result as a string. | |
Ex: Given the following values for num1 and num2... | |
num1 = “2”, num2 = “5”, return “7”. | |
Ex: Given the following values for num1 and num2... | |
num1 = “7”, num2 = “95”, return “102”. | |
* */ | |
fun addStrings(num1: String, num2: String): String { | |
var i: Int = num1.lastIndex | |
var j: Int = num2.lastIndex | |
var carry: Int = 0 | |
val sb: StringBuilder = StringBuilder() | |
while (i >= 0 || j >= 0 || carry != 0) { | |
var sum: Int = carry | |
// if we have a character | |
if (i >= 0) { | |
// retrieve digit by ASCII code at the current index | |
val digit: Int = num1[i--] - '0' | |
sum += digit | |
} | |
if (j >= 0) { | |
val digit: Int = num2[j--] - '0' | |
sum += digit | |
} | |
// getting the last digit if number > 10 | |
sb.insert(0, sum % 10) | |
// remainder (if number bigger than 10, it will give 1) | |
carry = sum / 10 | |
} | |
return sb.toString() | |
} |
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