Calculate time from text

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I have a text like this and would like to calculate the time sum.

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// #popclip
// name: TimeSum
// lang: javascript

function calculateTotalTime(text) {
    const timePattern = /\((\d{2}):(\d{2})\)/g;
    let match = timePattern.exec(text);
    let totalMinutes = 0;
    let totalSeconds = 0;
    
    while (match != null) {
        totalMinutes += parseInt(match[1]);
        totalSeconds += parseInt(match[2]);
        match = timePattern.exec(text);
    }

    totalMinutes += Math.floor(totalSeconds / 60);
    totalSeconds = totalSeconds % 60;

    return `${totalMinutes.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${totalSeconds.toString().padStart(2, '0')}`;
}

popclip.showText(calculateTotalTime(popclip.input.text))

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Demo:
CleanShot 2024-01-30 at 10.13.59

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