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Sum of Digits Coding

EasyPython

Problem

WebMD may need to derive a simple numeric checksum from an integer, such as a compact value associated with a health content identifier. Given an integer, return the sum of the digits in its absolute value.

Do not convert the number to a string. Use arithmetic operations to extract each digit.

Formal Specification

Implement sum_digits(number), where number is an integer. Return an integer equal to the sum of all decimal digits in abs(number). For example, the digit sum of -508 is 5 + 0 + 8 = 13.

A value of 0 has a digit sum of 0.

Constraints

  • number is an integer
  • -10^18 <= number <= 10^18
  • The input is not provided as a string
  • String conversion must not be used to calculate the result

Function Signature

def sum_digits(number):
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