The java.math.BigInteger.add(BigInteger val) is used to calculate the Arithmetic sum of two BigIntegers. This method is used to find arithmetic addition of large numbers of range much greater than the range of biggest data type double of java without compromising with the precision of the result. This method performs an operation upon the current BigInteger by which this method is called and BigInteger passed as the parameter.
Syntax:
public BigInteger add(BigInteger val)
Parameters: This method accepts a parameter val which is the value to be added to this BigInteger.
Return value: This method returns a BigInteger which holds sum (this + val).
Below programs is used to illustrate the add() method of BigInteger.
Example 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// add() method of BigInteger import java.math.BigInteger; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // BigInteger object to store result BigInteger sum; // For user input // Use Scanner or BufferedReader // Two objects of String created // Holds the values to calculate the sum String input1 = "5454564684456454684646454545"; String input2 = "4256456484464684864864864864"; // Convert the string input to BigInteger BigInteger a = new BigInteger(input1); BigInteger b = new BigInteger(input2); // Using add() method sum = a.add(b); // Display the result in BigInteger System.out.println("The sum of\n" + a + " \nand\n" + b + " " + "\nis\n" + sum + "\n"); }} |
Output:
The sum of
5454564684456454684646454545
and
4256456484464684864864864864
is
9711021168921139549511319409
As you can see from above example the data is full precised even after adding number of very large length.
Example 2:
// Java program to demonstrate// add() method of BigInteger import java.math.BigInteger; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // BigInteger object to store result BigInteger sum; // double variable // To store result as double double d; // For user input // Use Scanner or BufferedReader // Two objects of String // Holds the values to sum // The number's length is of 400 digits // Which is out of range of double String input1 = "012345678901234567" + "8901234567890123" + "4567890123456789" + "0123456789012345" + "6789012345678901" + "2345678901234567" + "8901234567890123" + "4567890123456789" + "0123456789012345" + "6789012345678901" + "2345678901234567" + "8901234567890123" + "4567890123456789" + "0123456789012345" + "6789012345678901" + "2345678901234567" + "8901234567890123" + "4554324324362432" + "7674637264783264" + "7832678463726478" + "3264736274673864" + "7364732463546354" + "6354632564532645" + "6325463546536453" + "6546325463546534" + "6325465345326456" + "4635463263453264" + "654632498739473"; String input2 = "0123456789012345" + "6789012345678901" + "2345678901234567" + "8901234567890123" + "4567890123456789" + "0123456789012345" + "6789012345678901" + "2345678901234567" + "8901234567890123" + "4567890123456789" + "0123456789012345" + "6789012345678901" + "2345678901234567" + "8901234567890123" + "4567890123456789" + "0123456789012345" + "6789012345678901" + "2345873271893718" + "2974897146378481" + "7489127847281478" + "2174871248721847" + "8748327463756475" + "6745781641263981" + "2839721897438974" + "3286574365764576" + "2376914689217817" + "4362473624721647" + "61247612748612746"; // convert the string input to BigInteger BigInteger a = new BigInteger(input1); BigInteger b = new BigInteger(input2); // Using add() method sum = a.add(b); // Display the result in BigInteger System.out.println("The sum of\n" + a + " \nand\n" + b + " " + "\nis\n" + sum); // Using double to hold the result d = Double.parseDouble(sum.toString()); // Display the result in double System.out.println("Using double, Sum is " + d); }} |
Output:
The sum of
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234554324324362432767463726478326478326784637264783264736274673864736473246354635463546325645326456325463546536453654632546354653463254653453264564635463263453264654632498739473
and
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234587327189371829748971463784817489127847281478217487124872184787483274637564756745781641263981283972189743897432865743657645762376914689217817436247362472164761247612748612746
is
2469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469135780246913578024691357802469141651513734262516435190263143967454631918743000751861146858652219747883919392209327966909307740297653290433886520376204000415840169342671082000882825735618025902245247352219
Using double, Sum is Infinity
As from above output it is clear that using double for bigger integer numbers is not a good choice.
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/12/docs/api/java.base/java/math/BigInteger.html#add(java.math.BigInteger)
