Problem 57. Summing Digits within Text
Given a string with text and digits, add all the numbers together.
Examples:
Input str = '4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie' Output total is 24
Input str = '2 4 6 8 who do we appreciate?' Output total is 20
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Jean-Marie Sainthillier
on 19 Jul 2012
Very nice !
Dariusz
on 3 Feb 2013
This problem shouldn't be named "Summing digits...." because it is the wrong approach. In the first example you sum numbers because 20 is not a digit. If it was - then it should be sum = 6.
Carl Witthoft
on 18 Nov 2015
What if there are decimals "I have $3.25 in 4 pockets" ? Should the answer be 7.25 or 32?
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