Challenge: Sum of Lists
Test yourself and implement what you have learned so far in this chapter.
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Problem statement
In this challenge, you need to create a recursive function, sum
, which returns the total sum of the integers in a List.
Input
The input of the function is a list of integers, numberList
, and the index of the last item in numberList
.
Output
The output will be the sum of all the integer in numberList
.
Sample input
sum([1,2,3,4,5], 4)
Sample output
15
Test yourself
Write your code in the given area. Try the exercise by yourself first, but if you get stuck, the solution has been provided. Good luck!
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