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Manobhav Pandey
1,031 PointsChallenge 2 of 2 in python basics
Q- Now, make a function named summarize that also takes a list. It should return the string "The sum of X is Y.", replacing "X" with the string version of the list and "Y" with the sum total of the list.
I think the code challenges should be above reviewing what we've learnt. In task 1 it was to 'add the items of a list' which we haven't even learnt about. Can someone please explain the task here? Thanks in advance !
def add_list(list):
sum = 0
for items in list:
sum = sum + items
return(sum)
def summarize(list):
x = ''.join(str(e) for e in list)
y = 0
2 Answers
Boris Ivan Barreto
6,838 PointsHello Pandey,
Some tips for this challenge, if you need to increase or decrease the value of your variable you should use the follow: variable += something > this is equivalent to sum = sum + items.
You can also use the str() function to change the list into string.
Have a look my code
def add_list(items):
sum = 0
for item in items:
sum += item
return sum
def summarize(my_list):
return "The sum of {} is {}".format(str(my_list), add_list(my_list))
Matthew Rigdon
8,223 PointsHere is the way that I solved it, which in my opinion is simpler and uses more of the class's knowledge:
def add_list(list):
sum = 0
for items in list:
sum += items
return sum
def summarize(list):
sum = add_list(list)
return ("The sum of {0} is {1}".format(list, sum))