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Alex Wilde
2,864 PointsWhy is the below giving me a TypeError? It works fine in the interpreter.
The instructions say you may want to use a for loop. Is that necessary?
# 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.
add_list = [1, 2, 3]
sum(add_list)
2 Answers
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 PointsHi Alex,
That's a great try! You created a list called add_list, but the challenge is asking for a function. You can complete this without using a for loop, but why rob yourself of the practice?
The task will call your function, so no need to define an actual list. Use the argument into your function - call it whatever you want, iterate over each element - adding them up into a total, then return the total value.
def add_list(my_list):
return #total
Please let me know if this helps or not.
Cheers
Kim Gun
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,814 Pointssum(add_list)---> return an int str(sum(add_list))--->return an string If you use an function or make print of that to became "The sum of [1, 2, 3] is 6." you should convert int type to an string by ! (because string can't add with an integer) if you want to format it will work fine example: "The sum of [1, 2, 3] is {number}.".format(number=str(sum(add_list)))