I get 1 when I create add_list function

Hi,

The videos show you how to both create a function that adds numbers (the 1st video), and how to use a for loop (the last video). You just need to combine these two ideas. Inside your function, you can set a variable to 0, then using a for loop, take each item in the list, and add it to that variable as a running total, before returning that variable.

Hi Lianna,

You are close. You just need to change the line doing the adding in your for loop.

At the moment you have:

 add = (my_sum + item)

This line is creating a variable called add, then assigning my_sum + item to it each time. My_sum doesn't change, and so it is always my_sum (which equals 0) + the list item value. Instead, use:

my_sum = my_sum + item

This way, my_sum becomes a new value with each iteration of the for loop - the new my_sum is the old my_sum plus the value of the list item.

Then return my_sum. You don't need to print it...

def add_list(my_num):
 my_ sum = 0
  for item in my_num:
    my_ sum = my_ sum + item
  return my_sum

I think that is what I am doing, but it isn't working. Here is my code. Thanks for helping!! def add_list(my_num): my_sum = 0 for item in my_num: add = (my_sum + item) return add print(add)