LeetCode 415, Easy. Topics: Math, String, Simulation. View on LeetCode.
Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 16 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:
Problem
Given two non-negative integers, num1 and num2 represented as string, return the sum of num1 and num2 as a string.
You must solve the problem without using any built-in library for handling large integers (such as BigInteger). You must also not convert the inputs to integers directly.
Examples
Constraints
- 1 <= num1.length, num2.length <= 10^4
- num1 and num2 consist of only digits.
- num1 and num2 don’t have any leading zeros except for the zero itself.
Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
Complexity
Last modified on September 7, 2026