Make a function named add_list that takes a list. I am stuck help!

This started me thinking: I am so furstrated and feel like a complete idiot. I have this...

list_of_numbers = [1, 2, 3]

def add_list(list_of_numbers):
  counter = []
  for item in list_of_numbers:
    counter.append(item)

There is no need to define a list of numbers - when the challenge is run, it will supply it's own list to your function.

Your code is pretty close to being good.

• The counter variable will just be adding numbers together during each loop iteration, so this variable can be a number that starts at 0.
• The for loop declaration looks good.
• Inside the loop, for each item, add item to counter.
• Finally, at the end of the function, don't forget to return counter - which holds the sum of values from the number list.

def add_list(list_of_numbers):
  counter = 0
  for item in list_of_numbers:
    # add to counter the value of item
  return counter

So, just one line of code left to figure out. I'm confident you can do this.

Kind Regards

yeah I got it!

def add_list(list_of_numbers):
  counter = 0
  for item in list_of_numbers:
    counter = counter + item
  return counter

So I have this:

def add_list(list_of_numbers):
  counter = 0
  for item in list_of_numbers:
    counter = item + counter
    return counter

Tried this and every indent inbetween:

def add_list(list_of_numbers):
  counter = 0
  for item in list_of_numbers:
    counter + item
  return counter

The version of the code I posted above was returning an error of "Bummer! add_list didn't return the right answer. Got 0 when adding [1, 2, 3], expected 6."

Thank you very much for your help today Robert! :)

this is what worked for me

list_of_numbers = [1,2,3]

def add_list(list_of_numbers):

  for item in list_of_numbers: 
    counter = 3
    counter = counter + item
  return counter

Check this out

def add_list(number_list):
    return sum(number_list)