[Tutor] [EXTERNAL]Re: sum() function

[Alan Gauld]

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On 24/11/2020 01:06, Olsen, Avalow Y wrote:
> This is my complete code.
>
> numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,1,4,5]
> total = sum(numbers)
> print(total)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
> <ipython-input-24-3fb2ee1e5032> in <module>
>       1 numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,1,4,5]
> ----> 2 total = sum(numbers)
>       3 print(total)
>
> TypeError: 'int' object is not callable

OK, That should not error in any version of Python.


How are you running the code?
Is it in a file?
Or are you typing it straight into the interpreter in Jupyter?


If the latter I'd restart Jupyter and try again.
I suspect it may be holding onto an old assignment of sum.


Other things to try:


print(sum([1,2,3,4,5,1,4,5]))

help(sum)


If its a file try running it in the vanilla python interpreter
outside Jupyter.


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