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Bryce Hunter
1,186 Pointsi keep getting syntax error whats the problem?
what am i doing wrong?
# 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 ([1, 2, 3]) :
total = 6
for ([1, 2, 3] ) :
6 = 6 + ([1, 2, 3] )
return 6
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsYour for loop needs to be of the form for item in iterable:
def add_list (lst) : #<-- pass generic argument
total = 0
for item in lst : #< -- need loop variable and keyword "in"
total = total + item #<-- accumulate total
return total #<-- unindent to match for loop
tomasvukasovic
24,022 PointsThe proper syntax for that function would be something like this
array = [1,2,3]
def add_list(arg):
total = 0
for number in arg:
total += a
print(total)
add_list(array)