Sum of digits of a Number in C++

June 29, 2023

Program to Find the Sum of Digits of a Number in C++

Here we will discuss how to find the sum of digits of a number in C++ programming language.

We will use loops along with two arithmetic operators:

1. Modulo Operator : '%'
2. Division Operator: '/'

Eg: number = 12345
Sum of digit of number = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5
Sum = 15
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While loop in C

Method 1

Algorithm:-

For user input num

  • Initialize sum = 0
  • While extracting the last digit of num add it to the sum (sum += num % 10)
  •  Reduce the number  (num = num / 10
  • Keep doing this until num becomes 0
sum of digits of a number in c++

C++ Code

Run

//C++ Program
//Sum of digits in a number
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
    int num, sum = 0;
 
    num=1234;
    cout <<"\nThe number is: " << num; 
 
    //loop to find sum of digits
    while(num!=0){
        sum += num % 10;
        num = num / 10;
    }
 
    //output
    cout <<"\nSum of digits: " << sum;
 
    return 0;
}
// Time complexity : O(N)
// Space complexity : O(1)
// where N is number of digits in num

Output

The number is:1234
Sum of digits : 10

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Method 2

This method uses recursion in c++. Please go through this page if you are new to recursion

C++ Code

Run

//C++ Program sum of digits in a number using recursion
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int getSum(int num, int sum){
    
    if(num == 0)
        return sum;

    sum += num % 10;

    return getSum(num/10, sum);
}

int main ()
{
    int num, sum = 0;
    num=12345;
    cout <<"\nThe number is:"<<num;
 
    cout <<"\nSum of digits : " << getSum(num, sum);
 
    return 0;
}
// Time complexity : O(N)
// Space complexity : O(1)
// Auxiliary Space complexity : O(N) due to function call stack
// where N is number of digits in num

Output

The number is:12345
Sum of digits : 15
While loop in C

Method 3

This method uses recursion in c++. Please go through this page if you are new to recursion.

This method has a little improvement over the previous recursive method as it doesn’t use extra sum parameter in the recursive function.

C++ Code

Run

//C++ Program sum of digits in a number using recursion
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int getSum(int num){
    
    if(num == 0)
        return 0;

    return (num % 10) + getSum(num/10);
}

int main ()
{
    int num;
    num=12345;
    cout <<"\nThe number is:"<<num; 
     
    cout <<"\nSum of digits : " << getSum(num);
 
    return 0;
}
// Time complexity : O(N)
// Space complexity : O(1)
// Auxiliary Space complexity : O(N) due to function call stack
// where N is number of digits in num

Output

The number is:12345
Sum of digits : 15

Method 4

Make sure to check ASCII Table here for below method

Code

Run

// Time Complexity : O(N)
// Space Complexity : O(1)
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int getSum(string num)
{
    int sum = 0;
 
    // Traverse through the whole string(char array)
    for (int i = 0; i < num.length(); i++) 
    {
        // Ascii value pf numbers start from 48
        // subtracting 48 will give us value in int
        sum = sum + num[i] - 48;
    }
    return sum;
}
 
int main()
{
    string num = "9876543219876543219876";

    // can also use below
    // int len = sizeof(num)/sizeof(num[0]);
    
    cout<< "Sum: " << getSum(num);
    return 0;
}

Output

Sum: 120

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