How to get sum of all elements of given list using list comprehension?

Question

l = [5, 7, 8, 2, 1, 4]

sum = 0
for i in l:
    sum += i

print(sum)

how can I get sum of all elements but using list comprehension?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '18 at 17:25

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list comprehension should be used only for generating a list. You can simply use sum(l).

answered Jul 04 '18 at 17:25

Taohidul Islam

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '18 at 17:30

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List comprehension always produces another list so I am not sure if you can even do that. You will surely need other function to fold the sequence into a single value.

answered Jul 04 '18 at 17:30

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How to get sum of all elements of given list using list comprehension?

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