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2,184 Pointshow do i complete fun function challenge 2?
Hey guys i'm stuck and I don't know what i'm doing wrong. Here's my error TypeError: Can't convert 'builtin_function_or_method' object to str implicitly
def add_list(list):
sum = 0
for items in list:
sum = sum + items
return sum
add_list([1, 2, 3])
def summarize(list):
return("The sum of ") + str(list) + ("is ") + sum
1 Answer
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Pointsvery closed, only couple issues here.
- Spacing in the output string is a bit off; need to have a space before
("is ")
- you call the
sum
function without the argument it requires.
def summarize(list):
return("The sum of ") + str(list) + (" is ") + str(sum(list))
this should fix it.