An Intro to Python 3/

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Puzzles 11 to 14

Puzzles 11 to 14

Understand the usage of sum, range, and append functions. Also, learn about the modulo operator and overshoot slicing in Python.

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Puzzle 11

What is the output of the following code?

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## id 93
## Puzzle Elo 815
## Correctly solved 76 %
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print(sum(range(0, 7)))

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Range function

The range function returns a sequence starting from the first value (inclusive) and ending at the second value (exclusive).

range(1,101)

Sum function

The sum function sums up the values in the iterable.

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arr = {1,2,3,4,5}
a = sum(arr)
print(a)

Solution

The correct solution is 21.

Combining the sum and range functions sums up the sequence from 0 to 6.

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