<p>Given two integers <code>a</code> and <code>b</code>, return <em>the sum of the two integers without using the operators</em> <code>+</code> <em>and</em> <code>-</code>.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Example 1:</strong></p> <pre><strong>Input:</strong> a = 1, b = 2 <strong>Output:</strong> 3 </pre><p><strong>Example 2:</strong></p> <pre><strong>Input:</strong> a = 2, b = 3 <strong>Output:</strong> 5 </pre> <p> </p> <p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p> <ul> <li><code>-1000 <= a, b <= 1000</code></li> </ul>