Add Strings.md
December 10, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
Given two non-negative integers, num1 and num2 represented as string, return the sum of num1 and num2 as a string.
You must solve the problem without using any built-in library for handling large integers (such as BigInteger). You must also not convert the inputs to integers directly.
/**
* @param {string} num1
* @param {string} num2
* @return {string}
*/
var addStrings = function(num1, num2) {
let sum = '';
let carry = 0;
for(let i = num1.length - 1, j = num2.length - 1; i >= 0 || j >= 0 || carry > 0; i--, j--) {
let digit1 = i < 0 ? 0 : num1.charAt(i) - '0';
let digit2 = j < 0 ? 0 : num2.charAt(j) - '0';
let currSum = digit1 + digit2 + carry;
// currSum % 10 cannot be currSum - 10, because the first digit may not larger than 10, then cause negative number
sum = `${currSum % 10}${sum}`;
carry = Math.floor(currSum / 10);
}
return sum
};