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having problem with defining total

#user chooses 5 numbers and program totals them
num= int(input ('choose your 1st num:'))
plus=1
while plus < 6:
    num = int(input ('Choose ur next no.'))
    total == total + num
    plus += 1
print ('The total sum :', total)

== is comparison (check for equality)
you want =
also total is not initialized, so you will get NameError

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "***", line 6, in <module>
    total = total + num
NameError: name 'total' is not defined
>>>

also, instead of using while, you can use for loop and simplify the code

#user chooses 5 numbers and program totals them
total = 0
for i in range(6):
    num = int(input ('Choose your next no.'))
    total = total + num
print ('The total sum: {}'.format(total))