Is there a more elegant way to add nullable ints?

Question

I need to add numerous variables of type nullable int. I used the null coalescing operator to get it down to one variable per line, but I have a feeling there is a more conc

Answer 1

If all numbers in the array are null I would expect the total to be null.

// E.g. 
int? added = null, updated = null, deleted = null; 
...
int? total = added + updated + deleted; // null i.e. nothing has been done.

Test Cases

Sum(new int?[] { null, null}).Dump(); // null   
Sum(new int?[] { 1, null}).Dump();    // 1
Sum(new int?[] { null, 2}).Dump();    // 2
Sum(new int?[] { 1, 2}).Dump();       // 3

Sample Implementation

int? Sum(int?[] numbers)
{
    int? total = null;

    for (int i = 0; i < numbers.Length; i++)
    {
        int? item = numbers[i];
        if (item != null)
        {
            if (total == null)
            {
                total = item;
            }
            else
            {
                total += item;
            }
        }
    }
    
    return total;
}