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My function won't return the sum unless the last paramater is an odd number. - Maximuskiller78 - Sep-29-2018
Hi guys, I'm trying to return the summation of all even numbers, but the function won't return anything unless the parameter "y" is an odd number.
def sumOfEvens(x,y):
total = 0
while x <= y:
if (x % 2 == 0):
total = (total + x)
elif (x == y):
return total
x = (x + 1)
I fixed it by removing the elif statment.
def sumOfEvens(x,y):
total = 0
while x <= y:
if (x % 2 == 0):
total = (total + x)
x = (x + 1)
return total
RE: My function won't return the sum unless the last paramater is an odd number. - ichabod801 - Sep-29-2018
You know, a for loop would be much better in that situation:
def sum_evens(x, y):
total = 0
for z in range(x, y + 1):
if z % 2:
total += z
return total