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Re: Hi am new to python

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On 8/31/2015 4:27 PM, Chubasco Diranga wrote:
> Can anyone please help me with the following please?
>
> My question is in a while loop; how do l sum all the numbers in the given list (list_a)?
>
> list_a = [8, 5, 2, 4]
> sum_a = 0 # for storing the sum of list_a
> i = 0 # for looping through the list_a# Use a while loop to sum all numbers in list_a# If you store the sums into sum_a
> print(sum_a) # should print 19

You should familiarize yourself with the language -- there's a really 
easy answer to this.

Review the tutorial at https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/

Emile

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Hi am new to python Chubasco Diranga <alpharulz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 16:27 -0700
  Re: Hi am new to python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 17:34 -0600
  Re: Hi am new to python Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-08-31 16:36 -0700
  Re: Hi am new to python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 10:01 +1000
  Re: Hi am new to python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-01 10:22 +1000

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