Find Sum of All Elements in List in Python

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There are many ways to get a sum of elements in a list in python. i will give you two examples using sum() method and for loop to sum of all elements of list in python. so let's see the below examples.

so let's see following examples with output:

Example 1: using sum() Method

main.py

myList = [10, 5, 23, 25, 14, 80, 71]
  
# Sum of elements to list
total = sum(myList)
  
print(total)

Output:

228

Example 2: using For Loop

main.py

myList = [10, 5, 23, 25, 14, 80, 71]
  
# Sum of elements to list
def getSumOfElement(list):
    total = 0
    for val in list:
        total = total + val
    return total
  
total = getSumOfElement(myList)
  
print(total)

Output:

228