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Rabih Atallah
3,405 Pointsplease what's wrong with my code, it keeps failing the question challenge to add the numbers inside a list
What's wrong with my code
# 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(L):
tot = 0
for i in L:
tot = tot + i
print(tot)
add_list([1,2,3])
5 Answers
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsAlso... be sure to return the result from your function. :)
Rabih Atallah
3,405 PointsIt worked with "return"!! thanks Gavin!
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsIt looks like there are two parts to this challenge, and you'll need to write a second function:
summarize([1, 2, 3]) should return "The sum of [1, 2, 3] is 6."
So you'd need to def summarize() ....
Rabih Atallah
3,405 PointsThanks your answer! but it's still not working
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsDoes it provide you with any information in the error message?
That red box doesn't always include helpful responses, but in many cases it does.
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Pointsno information in the error message and I wrote it without calling and still not working
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsThere's information in the error message. It states it was expecting a 6, but it didn't get that value back from the function, which needs to return a value, not print it.