Sum all the digits of a number Javascript

Hodorogea Alexandru picture Hodorogea Alexandru · Jul 12, 2016 · Viewed 67.2k times · Source

I am newbie.

I want to make small app which will calculate the sum of all the digits of a number.

For example, if I have the number 2568, the app will calculate 2+5+6+8 which is equal with 21. Finally, it will calculate the sum of 21's digits and the final result will be 3 .

Please help me

Answer

Nina Scholz picture Nina Scholz · Jul 12, 2016

Basically you have two methods to get the sum of all parts of an integer number.

  • With numerical operations

    Take the number and build the remainder of ten and add that. Then take the integer part of the division of the number by 10. Proceed.

var value = 2568,
    sum = 0;

while (value) {
    sum += value % 10;
    value = Math.floor(value / 10);
}

console.log(sum);

  • Use string operations

    Convert the number to string, split the string and get an array with all digits and perform a reduce for every part and return the sum.

var value = 2568,
    sum = value
        .toString()
        .split('')
        .map(Number)
        .reduce(function (a, b) {
            return a + b;
        }, 0);

console.log(sum);


For returning the value, you need to addres the value property.

rezultat.value = sum;
//      ^^^^^^

function sumDigits() {
    var value = document.getElementById("thenumber").value,
        sum = 0;

  while (value) {
      sum += value % 10;
      value = Math.floor(value / 10);
  }
  
  var rezultat = document.getElementById("result");
  rezultat.value = sum;
}
<input type="text" placeholder="number" id="thenumber"/><br/><br/>
<button onclick="sumDigits()">Calculate</button><br/><br/>
<input type="text" readonly="true" placeholder="the result" id="result"/>