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Cheri Watts
658 Pointswalk me through this challenge pls. i am completely lost and frustrated.
Make a function named add_list that takes a list. The function should then add all of the items in the list together and return the total. Assume the list contains only numbers. You'll probably want to use a for loop. You will not need to use input().
# 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.
1 Answer
akak
29,445 PointsHi Cheri,
def add_list(list): #define a function that takes a list
result = 0 #create a variable that will hold the result
for number in list: # loop through each number in the list
result += number #add each number to the result
return result #return the result
It could be also simplified to:
def add_list(list):
return sum(list)
Cheers!
Cheri Watts
658 PointsCheri Watts
658 PointsAkak,
I thank you so much for your assistance with this problem. Sadly, I have no earthly idea what you are talking about. I am very slow at computers to put the cards on the table. I am not here picking up a language on top of the three other languages I already know. I am lost at sea in the middle of the ocean trying to swim back to shore and getting very discouraged.
Thank you once again.
Cheri