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  • Leah Kelly
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    what is the function sum()?

    Posted December 2, 2021 3:48pm by Leah Kelly
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  • nicolaspeterson
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    I tried using floats but couldn't figure out how to round the answer.

    Posted October 13, 2021 11:26am by nicolaspeterson
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  • Fradely Dilone
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    CLI not showing the code

    Posted October 1, 2020 4:01am by Fradely Dilone
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  • Talha Rashid
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    About Args

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  • tomtrnka
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    why not pass LIST instead of *args

    Posted March 28, 2020 4:45pm by tomtrnka
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    Does * also work with other words for parameters? So, instead of *args, could you use *items or *prices?

    Posted March 15, 2020 10:04pm by Ryan Dyke
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  • ERDAL DINCER
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    def calculate_total(*args): total=sum(args) print(total) calculate_total(10,20,30,40)

    Posted February 23, 2020 9:37pm by ERDAL DINCER
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  • Efaz Khan
    Efaz Khan
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    Ashley Boucher needs to teach more Python courses!

    Posted July 15, 2019 10:54pm by Efaz Khan
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