Simple recursive sum function | what's the cause of the weird behaviour?
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Sat Jul 6 09:19:30 EDT 2013
Russel Walker wrote:
> Since I've already wasted a thread I might as well...
>
> Does this serve as an acceptable solution?
>
> def supersum(sequence, start=0):
> result = type(start)()
> for item in sequence:
> try:
> result += supersum(item, start)
> except:
> result += item
> return result
That depends on what is an acceptable result ;)
For instance:
>>> supersum([2, 3], 1)
5
>>> supersum([[1], ["abc"]], [])
[1, 'a', 'b', 'c']
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