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Beginner Series #3 Sum of Numbers

FundamentalsAlgorithms

Given two integers a and b, which can be positive or negative, find the sum of all the integers between and including them and return it. If the two numbers are equal return a or b.

Note: a and b are not ordered!

Examples (a, b) --> output (explanation)

(1, 0) --> 1 (1 + 0 = 1)
(1, 2) --> 3 (1 + 2 = 3)
(0, 1) --> 1 (0 + 1 = 1)
(1, 1) --> 1 (1 since both are same)
(-1, 0) --> -1 (-1 + 0 = -1)
(-1, 2) --> 2 (-1 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 2)

Your function should only return a number, not the explanation about how you get that number.

Solutions

01-solution.jsView on GitHub ↗
function getSum(a, b) {
	let sum = 0;
	for (let i = Math.min(a, b); i <= Math.max(a, b); i += 1) {
		sum += i;
	}
	return sum;
}