Subj : Re: simple math program
To   : dbasher
From : Darkman Almighty
Date : Wed Feb 17 2021 02:30:40

On 13 Feb 2021, dbasher said the following...
 
 db>  DA> I ran this and it seems to add the numbers as a negative interger.
 db>  DA> Thoughts?
 db> 
 db>  DA>     def sub(number):
 db>  DA>     total=0
 db>  DA>     for i in number:
 db>  DA>           total - = i
 db>  DA>     return total
 db> 
 db> total -= i is the same as total = total - i
 db> 
 db> You start off by setting total to 0, and hence get negative integers
 db> sinceyou start subtracting from 0.
 db> 
 db> dbasher

ok ok, this makes some sense... now the question is should I even have a line 
setting the total. I'll try and play around with this a bit.. but at least I 
have a direction. Thanks!

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