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Kishore Kumar
5,451 Pointsfunction
Make a function named add_list that takes a list. The function should then add all of the items in the list together and return the total. Assume the list contains only numbers. You'll probably want to use a for loop. You will not need to use input().
My Answer:
def add_list(list): print(1+2+3)
add_list ([1, 2, 3])
# add_list([1, 2, 3]) should return 6
# summarize([1, 2, 3]) should return "The sum of [1, 2, 3] is 6."
# Note: both functions will only take *one* argument each.
def add_list(list):
print(1+2+3)
add_list ([1, 2, 3])
3 Answers
Alexus Wong
7,476 PointsCurrently, your function takes a list but doesn't use it. Also, to call the "add_list" function you made you can just type in the name of the list into the parentheses.
num_list = [1, 2, 3]
def add_list(num_list):
total = 0
for num in num_list:
total = total + num
return total
That should get you through the first half of the challenge.
Kishore Kumar
5,451 PointsI have done with this:
Code #1:
def add_list (list):
total = 0
for i in list:
total += i
return total
Code #2:
def summarize(list):
return "The sum of {} is {}.".format(list, add_list(list))
[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]
Kishore Kumar
5,451 PointsMany thanks Alex for the explanation.
Alexus Wong
7,476 PointsSorry for the bad formatting. Just fixed it.