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Christine Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 5,103 PointsPython Basics, Stage 5
Make a function named add_list that adds all of the items in a passed-in list together and returns the total. Assume the list contains only numbers. You'll probably want to use a for loop
my code:
the_list = [] def add_list(): for item in the_list
please point me in the right direction...
2 Answers
Charlie Thomas
40,856 Pointsdef add_list(passed_in_list): total = 0 for number in passed_in_list: total = total + number return total
What you are doing is defining a function called add_list, then giving it one argument called passed_in_list. Then you need to create a variable called total to store the total of the numbers. Then you create a for loop and go through every item in the list and update the total, the return the total variable
Christine Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 5,103 PointsThanks, that makes sense :)
Charlie Thomas
40,856 PointsEver need anymore help just ask :)