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Jacob Charbonneu
332 PointsMathematical help
I am trying to add the items in the list together, but I am not sure where to go from here, can someone help me?
# 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(list):
for item in list:
2 Answers
Oktay Altay
2,329 Pointsyou are almost there with cod you have shown above. The only thing left is to add the item in the for loop to a new variable and return the value, like this :
def add_list(list):
total = 0
for item in list:
total += item
return total
This should give you the sum of the list. I hope this helps :)
[edit: added python formatting -cf]
Max Hirsh
16,773 PointsAs a more detailed explanation, what you need to due is initialize a variable outside the for loop, then add to it within the for loop for each item. After all that, return the total. Hope this information helps!