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Return the sum of the first n numbers in the list.
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If list1's length is greater, you could store numbers under a variable like
nums = list1[0:]
If it's smaller, define the variable as
nums = list1[0:n]
Then, in the end, call the sum of nums like
return sum(nums)
It will give expected output
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RE: Return the sum of the first n numbers in the list. - by pyzyx3qwerty - Jun-24-2020, 02:29 AM

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