how do you add up integers in an array?

[shazakala]

seems like a simple question but for some reason it's avoiding me :/

say in a situation where you are given the array like

public int addArray ( int[] array ) {

and in the array was something like "addArray({1,2,3});" but it was not known.

how would you return 6?

many thanks for your replies :)

[FlyNn]

You need a variable that will keep the total.
Then you need a for..loop that will go through the array and add the value held to the total.

[JosAH]

seems like a simple question but for some reason it's avoiding me :/

say in a situation where you are given the array like

public int addArray ( int[] array ) {

and in the array was something like "addArray({1,2,3});" but it was not known.

how would you return 6?

many thanks for your replies :)

That is not valid Java syntax, i.e. the compiler can't tell what the type of { 1, 2, 3 } is; it could be an int array but it could also be a char array or a byte array, or a long array ...

kind regards,

Jos

[j2me64]

That is not valid Java syntax, i.e. the compiler can't tell what the type of { 1, 2, 3 } is; it could be an int array but it could also be a char array or a byte array, or a long array

but if the signature of the method is addArray ( int[] array ) you will able to pass only ints. anyway.

@shazakala: assuming the programmer pass only ints array then inside the methods you could use a for-loop with (int i=0; i < array.length; i) to iterate thorugh the array and sum the numbers and return the sum value.

[shazakala]

thanks j2me64 :D solved

[JosAH]

but if the signature of the method is addArray ( int[] array ) you will able to pass only ints. anyway.

Java doesn't work that way; it can't cast arrays because it has to cast each element in the array and create a new array in the worst case; e.g. { 1L, 2.0, '3' }, can it be an actual parameter value for an int[] type parameter?

kind regards,

Jos

[shazakala]

thats not the point, it was an example, all you need is the gist, and j2 had it and helped XD

[JosAH]

thats not the point, it was an example, all you need is the gist, and j2 had it and helped XD

Oh well, as long as you've realized that the example was utterly incorrect.

kind regards,

Jos