[leet code] Add Binary

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

For example,
a = "11"
b = "1"
Return "100".

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Analysis:

Idea is to implement the manual calculation process.  Which means, adding char by char from right to left with the adder.

public class Solution {
    public String addBinary(String a, String b) {
        int pointerA = a.length()-1;
        int pointerB = b.length()-1;
        
        String rs = "";
        boolean adder = false;
        
        while(pointerA>=0||pointerB>=0){
            char charA;
            char charB;
            
            if(pointerA>=0) charA = a.charAt(pointerA);
            else charA = '0';
            
            if(pointerB>=0) charB = b.charAt(pointerB);
            else charB = '0';
            
            // 3 possible cases
            if(charA=='1' && charB=='1'){
                if(adder==true) rs="1" + rs;
                else {
                    rs = "0" + rs;
                    adder = true;
                }
            }
            else if(charA=='1' || charB=='1'){
                if(adder==true) rs="0" +rs;
                else rs = "1" +rs;
            }
            else if(charA=='0' && charB=='0'){
                if(adder == true) {
                    rs = "1" + rs;
                    adder = false;
                }
                else rs = "0" + rs;
            }
            pointerA--;
            pointerB--;
        }
        
        if(adder==true) rs = "1" + rs;
        return rs;
    }
}