sharon kim wrote: > is there a way to sum up all the numbers in a list? >>> help(sum) sum(...) sum(iterable[, start]) -> value Returns the sum of an iterable of numbers (NOT strings) plus the value of parameter 'start' (which defaults to 0). When the iterable is empty, returns start. >>> L=[28,39,20,78490,37373,22,2,33,4,5] >>> sum(L) 116016