[Tutor] sum of a list

[Danny Yoo]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Alan Gauld wrote:

> > try "sum(l_input)".
>
> Wow! When did that one appear? I've never noticed a sum()  function
> before.

Hi Alan,

The Python implementors snuck...er, added sum() into Python 2.3:

    http://www.python.org/doc/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-65

Here's a link to the python-dev summary about sum():

http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2003-04-16_2003-04-30.html#summing-a-bunch-of-numbers-or-whatevers



Hope this helps!