BigInteger add() Method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 04 Apr, 2019

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

// 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

// 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)

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