Python's sum(): The Pythonic Way to Sum Values

Python's sum(): The Pythonic Way to Sum Values

by Leodanis Pozo Ramos Oct 06, 2021 27m basics python

Table of Contents

Understanding the Summation Problem
Getting Started With Python’s sum()
- The Required Argument: iterable
- The Optional Argument: start
Summing Numeric Values
Concatenating Sequences
Practicing With Python’s sum()
Using Alternatives to sum()
- Summing Floating-Point Numbers: math.fsum()
- Concatenating Iterables With itertools.chain()