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Addition without Arithmetic

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"""
Illustrate how to add the integer without arithmetic operation
Author: suraj Kumar
Time Complexity: 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise_operation
"""


def add(first: int, second: int) -> int:
    """
    Implementation of addition of integer

    Examples:
    >>> add(3, 5)
    8
    >>> add(13, 5)
    18
    >>> add(-7, 2)
    -5
    >>> add(0, -7)
    -7
    >>> add(-321, 0)
    -321
    """
    while second != 0:
        c = first & second
        first ^= second
        second = c << 1
    return first


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest

    doctest.testmod()

    first = int(input("Enter the first number: ").strip())
    second = int(input("Enter the second number: ").strip())
    print(f"{add(first, second) = }")