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Jesse Orshan
1,285 PointsI am confused by the directions
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# 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(num):
ourlist = []
for item in num:
new = 0
new = new + item
return new
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Chase Marchione
155,055 PointsHi Jesse,
We'll want to make sure that the counter variable is outside of the for loop (if it's on the inside of the for loop, the compiler will try to re-declare that variable the next time for loop is run), and that the return statement is lined up indentation-wise with the for loop header (since Python is whitespace sensitive, statements have to be lined up in the organized way that Python's compiler expects.)
def add_list(num):
new = 0
for item in num:
new = new + item
return new
Hope this helps!