sum¶

Description¶

Returns a total of the items contained in the iterable object.

Syntax¶

sum (iterable[, start])

iterable: Required. An iterable object.
start: Optional. An integer specifying the start value.

Return Value¶

#TODO

Time Complexity¶

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Remarks¶

For some use cases, there are good alternatives to sum(). The preferred, fast way to concatenate a sequence of strings is by calling “”.join(sequence). To add floating point values with extended precision, see math.fsum(). To concatenate a series of iterables, consider using itertools.chain().

Example 1¶

>>> sum([1, 2, 3])
6 # 1+2+3
>>> sum((1, 2, 3))
6
>>> sum({1, 2, 3})
6
>>> sum({1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c'})
6

Example 2¶

>>> sum([1, 2, 3], 10)
16 # 10+1+2+3
>>> sum((1, 2, 3), 10)
16
>>> sum({1, 2, 3}, 10)
16
>>> sum({1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c'}, 10)
16

Example 3¶

>>> sum([0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1])
0.9999999999999999
>>> import math
>>> math.fsum([0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1])
1.0