Sum of List Elements
Calculate the sum of all elements in a list of numbers.
BeginnerTopic: List Programs
Python Sum of List Elements Program
This program helps you to learn the fundamental structure and syntax of Python programming.
# Program to find sum of list elements
numbers = list(map(float, input("Enter numbers separated by space: ").split()))
print("Sum of elements:", sum(numbers))Output
Enter numbers separated by space: 1 2 3 4 Sum of elements: 10.0
Understanding Sum of List Elements
We read space-separated numbers, convert them to float, and use the built-in sum() to add them.
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