Question

Write a Python function that takes a list of integers as a parameter and returns the sum of the elements in the list. Thank you.

Answer 1

# sum function to calculate the total of all elements in the given list
def sum(lst):
total=0
for j in lst:
total=total+j
return total

lst=[]
size=int(input("Enter the size of list: "))
# reading elements into the list from keyboard
for i in range(size):
num=int(input("Enter your number: "))
lst.append(num);

result=sum(lst) #function call
print("sum of all elements in the given list is :",result)

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