Calculating the sum of all numbers in a String in Java

In this tutorial, we will be calculating the sum of all numbers in a String in Java.

The problem is pretty simple. We are supposed to add up all the numbers in a string. The part where it gets complex is when there are two or multiple digit numbers. They are not supposed to be treated as individual digits but rather as a whole number.

Example:
Let the string be: Java23Dev56hlp4bufh
The numbers are not supposed to be treated as individual digits like 2, 3, 5, etc..
Rather the numbers in the string are: 23, 56 and 4
Hence the total is 23 + 56 + 4 = 83.

 

Program to calculate the sum of all numbers in a String in Java

import java.util.*;
class sum
{
  public static void main(String[]args)
  {
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Enter the string: ");
    String str = scan.next();
    int j = 0, z = 10;
    int [] arr = new int [str.length()];
    
    for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
    {
      if(str.charAt(i) >= 48 && str.charAt(i) <= 57)
      {
        arr[j] = str.charAt(i) - 48;
        while(i + 1 < str.length() && str.charAt(i + 1) >= 48 && str.charAt( i + 1) <= 57)
        {
          arr[j] = z * arr[j] + str.charAt(i + 1) - 48;
          i = i + 1;
          
        }
        j = j + 1;
        z = 10;
      }
    }
    int total = 0;

    for(int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
    {
      total = total + arr[i];
    }

    System.out.println("The sum is: "+total);
  }
}

Explanation

1. Firstly we scan the input string and check for the occurrence of a number using a for loop.
2. Next, when we encounter a number we check for consecutive numbers using a while loop.
3. We store this number in an array.
4. In the end, we iterate over the array to get the total Sum.

Output:

Enter the string: Code12speedy9.com
The sum is: 21

Enter the string: fdsf34mgk123jfs3
The sum is: 160

Hope you’ve understood the code 🙂
Any questions feel free to drop in your comments.

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