commit 745bfcac95a9bed2b8e2790bb756e53bb5d6fcde
Author: rizzOn <rezonphilip@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 4 01:05:36 2026 +0530

    day1 : of trying to riz up gophy kutty

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+package gopherriz
+
+// You are given two non-empty linked lists representing two non-negative integers.
+// The digits are stored in reverse order, and each of their nodes contains a single digit.
+// Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.
+
+// You may assume the two numbers do not contain any leading zero, except the number 0 itself.
+
+// our solution
+type ListNode struct {
+	Val  int
+	Next *ListNode
+}
+
+func addTwoNumbers(l1 *ListNode, l2 *ListNode) *ListNode {
+	return recursiveAddWithCarry(l1, l2, 0)
+}
+
+func recursiveAddWithCarry(l1 *ListNode, l2 *ListNode, carryValue int) *ListNode {
+	if l1 == nil && l2 == nil && carryValue == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	nodeVal := (getNodeVal(l1) + getNodeVal(l2) + carryValue) % 10
+	carryVal := (getNodeVal(l1) + getNodeVal(l2) + carryValue) / 10
+	l1NextNode := getNextNode(l1)
+	l2NextNode := getNextNode(l2)
+
+	return &ListNode{
+		Val:  nodeVal,
+		Next: recursiveAddWithCarry(l1NextNode, l2NextNode, carryVal),
+	}
+}
+func getNextNode(node *ListNode) *ListNode {
+	if node == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return node.Next
+}
+
+func getNodeVal(node *ListNode) int {
+	if node == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return node.Val
+}
+
+// another more efficient way to approach this
+func addTwoNumbersOne(l1 *ListNode, l2 *ListNode) *ListNode {
+	dummy := &ListNode{}
+	temp := dummy
+	carry := 0
+
+	for l1 != nil || l2 != nil || carry != 0 {
+		val1 := 0
+		if l1 != nil {
+			val1 = l1.Val
+			l1 = l1.Next
+		}
+
+		val2 := 0
+		if l2 != nil {
+			val2 = l2.Val
+			l2 = l2.Next
+		}
+
+		sum := val1 + val2 + carry
+		carry = sum / 10
+		temp.Next = &ListNode{Val: sum % 10}
+		temp = temp.Next
+	}
+
+	return dummy.Next
+}