Alternating Digit Sum - Solution & Explanation

You are given a positive integer n. Each digit of n has a sign according to the following rules:

• The most significant digit is assigned a positive sign.
• Each other digit has an opposite sign to its adjacent digits.

Return the sum of all digits with their corresponding sign.

 

Example 1:

Input: n = 521
Output: 4
Explanation: (+5) + (-2) + (+1) = 4.

Example 2:

Input: n = 111
Output: 1
Explanation: (+1) + (-1) + (+1) = 1.

Example 3:

Input: n = 886996
Output: 0
Explanation: (+8) + (-8) + (+6) + (-9) + (+9) + (-6) = 0.

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 109