Find the Sum of Numbers in a Given Range in C++

March 22, 2023

Find the Sum of Numbers in a given range in C++

Given two integer inputs num1 and num2, the objective is to write a code to Find the Sum of Numbers in a Given Range in C. To do so we’ll keep iterating and adding the numbers from num1 until num2 to the Sum variable.

Example
Input : 2 5
Output : 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 20

Find the Sum of Numbers in a Given Interval in C++

Here we will discuss how to find the Sum of Natural Numbers in a range defined by user using c++ programming language. Given two integer inputs the objective is to Find the Sum of all the integers that lay within the given interval input by writing a code in C Language. Some Methods for solving the above problem are mentioned below,

  • Method 1 : Using Brute Force
  • Method 2 : Using the Formula
  • Method 3 : Using Recursion 1
  • Method 4 :  Using Recursion 2

We’ll discuss about the above mentioned methods in the sections below in detail.

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Method 1 : Using Brute Force

Algorithm and Working

For input num1 (smaller) and num2(larger), The algorithm for the above problem is as follows,

  1. Initialize sum = 0
  2. Run an iterative loop between [num1, num2] in iteration of (i)
  3. In each iteration do sum = sum + i;
  4. Print sum value

Let’s try and implement the algorithm in C++ Language.

C++ Code

Run 
#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int num1 = 5;
    int num2 = 10;
    int sum = 0;
    for (int i = num1; i <= num2; i++)
        sum = sum + i;
    cout << sum;
    return 0;
}
// Time complexity : O(N)
// Space complexity : O(1)

Output

45

Method 2 : Using the Formula

Explanation

Given two integer inputs num1 and num2, the objective is to write a code to Find the Sum of Numbers in a Given Range in C. To do so we’ll keep iterating and adding the numbers from num1 until num2 to the Sum variable. The Sum of N natural numbers can be found using formula – n(n+1)/2.

Using the same approach sum between two intervals [x, y] can be found using

  • sum = y*(y+1)/2 – x*(x+1)/2 + x;

C++ Code

Run 
#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int x = 5;
    int y = 10;
    int sum = y*(y+1)/2 - x*(x+1)/2 + x;
    cout << sum;
    return 0;
}
// Time complexity : O(1)
// Space complexity : O(1)

Output

45

Method 3 : Using Recursion 1

Algorithm and Explanation

This method uses recursion in C++

For inputs, a, b where a is smaller number and b is larger.

  • Call a recursive function calcSum(a, b)
  • In each recursive call add the current ‘a’ value and call the next iteration with ‘a+1’ value
    • That is, do this : return a + calcSum(i + 1, b);
  • In base case when a becomes greater than b  return 0
  • Print value returned by the recursive function in main

C++ Code

Run 
#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<cstdio> 
using namespace std;
int calcSum(int a, int b){
    // stop when any recursion call tries to go over b (larger number)
    if (a > b)
        return 0;
    return a + calcSum(a + 1, b);
}
int main()
{
    int a = 10;
    int b = 15;   
    int sum = calcSum(a, b);
    cout << sum;
    return 0;
}
// Time complexity : O(N)
// Space complexity : O(1)
// Auxiliary Space complexity : O(1)
// Because of function call stack

Output

75

Method 4 : Using Recursion 2

Algorithm and Explanation

This method uses recursion in C++. For inputs, a, b where a is the smaller number and b is larger.
In the previous method, recursion went from a -> b. In this we will do the opposite that is it will go from b -> a

  • Call a recursive function calcSum(a, b)
  • In each recursive call add the current ‘b’ value and call the next iteration with ‘b-1’ value
    • That is, do this : return b + calcSum(a, b-1);
  • In base case when b becomes smaller than a return 0
  • Print value returned by the recursive function in main

Let’s try and implement the Algorithm in C++ Language.

Run 
#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
int calcSum(int a, int b){      
    // stop when any recursion call tries to go under a (smaller number)
    if (b < a)
        return 0;
    return b + calcSum(a, b-1);
}
int main()
{
    int a = 10;
    int b = 15;   
    int sum = calcSum(a, b);
    cout << sum;
    return 0;
}
// Time complexity : O(N)
// Space complexity : O(1)
// Auxiliary Space complexity : O(1)
// Because of function call stack

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Output

75
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