Adding binary numbers in C++

Question

How would I add two binary numbers in C++? What is the correct logic?

Here is my effort, but it doesn't seem to be correct:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int a[3];
    int b[3];
    int carry = 0;
    int result[7];

    a[0] = 1;
    a[1] = 0;
    a[2] = 0;
    a[3] = 1;

    b[0] = 1;
    b[1] = 1;
    b[2] = 1;
    b[3] = 1;

    for(int i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
    {
        if(a[i] + b[i] + carry == 0)
        {
            result[i] = 0;
            carry = 0;
        }

        if(a[i] + b[i] + carry == 1)
        {
            result[i] = 0;
            carry = 0;
        }

        if(a[i] + b[i] + carry == 2)
        {
            result[i] = 0;
            carry = 1;
        }

        if(a[i] + b[i] + carry > 2)
        {
            result[i] = 1;
            carry = 1;
        }
    }
    for(int j = 0; j <= 7; j++)
    {
        cout<<result[j]<<" ";
    }
    system("pause");
}

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>



int main()

{



    long binary1, binary2;

    int i = 0, remainder = 0, sum[20];



    printf("Enter the first binary number: ");

    scanf("%ld", &binary1);

    printf("Enter the second binary number: ");

    scanf("%ld", &binary2);

    while (binary1 != 0 || binary2 != 0)

    {

        sum[i++] =(binary1 % 10 + binary2 % 10 + remainder) % 2;

        remainder =(binary1 % 10 + binary2 % 10 + remainder) / 2;

        binary1 = binary1 / 10;

        binary2 = binary2 / 10;

    }

    if (remainder != 0)

        sum[i++] = remainder;

    --i;

    printf("Sum of two binary numbers: ");

    while (i >= 0)

        printf("%d", sum[i--]);

    getch();
    return 0;

}

Answer 2

There is a bug :

if(a[i]+b[i]+carry==1)  
{   
result[i]=1; 
carry=0;  
}  

Also u might want to print in reverse

for(int j=6; j>=0; j--)  
{  
   cout<<result[j]<<" ";  
}

Answer 3

You could use "Bitwise OR" operation to reduce the code since

1 or 1 = 1
1 or 0 = 1
0 or 1 = 1
0 or 0 = 0

You could also convert both number to decimal sum and them go back to binary again.

Converting decimal to binary

int toBinary (unsigned int num, char b[32])
    {
    unsigned  int x = INT_MIN;      // (32bits)
    int i = 0, count = 0;
    while (x != 0)
    {
      if(x & num) // If the actual o bit is 1 & 1 = 1 otherwise = 0
      {
          b[i] = '1';
          count++;
      }
      else b[i] = '0';

      x >>=1;       // pass to the left
      i++;          
    }
    return count;
    }

Answer 4

you should do this

for(int i = 3; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        if(a[i] + b[i] + carry == 0)
        {
            result[i] = 0;
            carry = 0;
        }
        else if(a[i]+b[i]+carry==1)
        {
            result[i]=1;
            carry=0;  
        }
        else if(a[i] + b[i] + carry == 2)
        {
            result[i] = 0;
            carry = 1;
        }
        else if(a[i] + b[i] + carry > 2)
        {
            result[i] = 1;
            carry = 1;
        }
        printf("%d",result[i]);
    }

Answer 5

A non-conventional solution, but it works:

int main() {

  int A[] = { 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0};
  int B[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0};

  int size = sizeof(A)/sizeof(*A);

  int C[size+1];
  int t = 0;

  for(int i = size-1; i > -1; i--){

      C[i+1] = A[i]+B[i]+t;
      t = C[i+1]/2;
      C[i+1] %= 2;
  }

  C[0] = t;
}

Answer 6

What if their sizes are not the same? Also, you would want to allow the user to input the binary numbers (in this case representing integers) as integers and not as elements of arrays. Here is a piece of code that accomplishes those :-)

#include <iostream>
using namespace std; 

// Add two numbers in binary

void sumBinary(int num1, int num2, int* sum12){
    int mod1 = 0;
    int mod2 = 0;
    int carry = 0;
    int factor = 1;

    int flag = 0;

    *sum12 = 0;

    while (!flag){
        mod1 = num1 % 10;
        mod2 = num2 % 10;

        num1 /= 10;
        num2 /= 10;
        if ((carry + mod1 + mod2) == 2){
            *sum12 += 0;
            carry = 1;
        }
        else if ((carry + mod1 + mod2) == 3){
            *sum12 += factor;
            carry = 1;
        }
        else if ((carry + mod1 + mod2) == 0){
            *sum12 += 0;
            carry = 0;
        }
        else{
            *sum12 += factor;
            carry = 0;
        }
        factor *= 10;
        if ((num1 == 0) && (num2 == 0)){ 
            *sum12 += carry*factor;
            flag = 1; }


    }
}
void main(){
    int num1, num2, sum12;

    cout << "Enter the first binary integer number: ";
    cin >> num1;
    cout << "Enter the second binary integer number: ";
    cin >> num2;

    sumBinary(num1, num2, &sum12);

    cout << "The sum in binary form is :" << sum12 << endl;
}