【leetcode】Add Binary

Given two binary strings, return their sum (also a binary string).

For example,
a = "11"
b = "1"

Return "100".

Accept: 2ms

char *addBinary(char *a, char *b) {
  int len_a = (int)strlen(a);
  int len_b = (int)strlen(b);
  int len_c = 0;
  if (len_a > len_b) {
    len_c = len_a + 1;
  } else {
    len_c = len_b + 1;
  }
  char *c = malloc(len_c + 1);
  c[len_c] = '\0';

  int pa = (int)len_a - 1;
  int pb = (int)len_b - 1;
  int pc = (int)len_c - 1;
  int carry = 0;
  for (; pa >= 0 && pb >= 0; --pa, --pb, --pc) {
    int n = a[pa] - '0' + b[pb] - '0' + carry;
    carry = n / 2;
    c[pc] = '0' + (n % 2);
  }
  for (; pa >= 0; --pa, --pc) {
    int n = a[pa] - '0' + carry;
    carry = n / 2;
    c[pc] = '0' + (n % 2);
  }
  for (; pb >= 0; --pb, --pc) {
    int n = b[pb] - '0' + carry;
    carry = n / 2;
    c[pc] = '0' + (n % 2);
  }

  if (carry) {
    c[pc--] = '1';
  }

  return &c[pc + 1];
}