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alec burnett
2,501 PointsNow, make a function named summarize that also takes a list. It should return the string "The sum of X is Y.", replacing
may somebody please help me ive been stuck on this for ever and i need to pass my class
def add_list(lst) :
result = 5
for item in lst:
result += item
return result
3 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsFrom the Putting the Fun Back in Functions Challenge Task 2 of 2 :
Now, make a function named summarize that also takes a list. It should return the string "The sum of X is Y.", replacing "X" with the string version of the list and "Y" with the sum total of the list.
def summarize(list_in):
# Set X to input list
X = list_in
# Set Y to sum of items in list using add_list() function
Y = add_list(list_in)
# return string
return "The sum of {} is {}".format(X, Y)
This can be compress into a single statement:
def summarize(list_in):
return "The sum of {} is {}".format(list_in, add_list(list_in))
alec burnett
2,501 Pointsso just do the bottom part
alec burnett
2,501 Pointschris freemen this didn't work it says name error name summarize is not defined
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsHi Alec, you seem to have two threads on this topic. I think summarize() isn't being seen due to the indention error mentioned in the other thread