Any Java Experts? More Help!

[Tavish]

You are skipping the first even term in your loop. Your first evaluation is 3+2.

[sox 06]

You are skipping the first even term in your loop. Your first evaluation is 3+2.

Ah there you go! I feel like an idiot sometimes with this Java stuff But I'm getting better

Alright, another question. I've gone on Google to look for this, but I've been a bit confused about what I've read. How do you add a string of numbers together? I have the code written for 2 raised to the 1000th power, but now I need to add each digit in that answer and print out the sum. Do I need to use something like a toString in the BigInteger class? Here is what I have so far: