On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Nitin Das <nitin....@gmail.com> wrote:
> alternatively you can use the lambda , reduce function for summing up all > the numbers in a list for e.g:- > > lis = [1,2,3,4,5] > > p = reduce(lambda x,y : x+y, lis) > > p will have the value = 15. > Another approach, >>> lis = [1,2,3,4,5] >>> reduce(operator.add, lis) 15 However use sum() for this, which is the most obvious way to do it. > > --nitin > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:05 PM, aug dawg <augdaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oh okay, sorry about that. >> >> Thanks for the help! >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Sander Sweers >> <sander.swe...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On 23 August 2010 17:24, aug dawg <augdaw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > So it's sum(list_name) ? >>> >>> Correct, but it is not limited to lists. Any itterable with >>> ints/floats will do, for example a tuple is also accepted. >>> >>> Greets >>> Sander >>> >>> PS: Please use reply to all so others on this list may benefit from >>> the questions/answers ;-) >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- ~l0nwlf
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