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I need help guys. I'm a beginner in coding and I'm doing python

I'm trying to find the sum of first N number. From 1 to that number N. This was my code N = int(input()) sum = 1 for i in range( 1,N+1,1) sum += 1 print (N)

12th Jul 2021, 12:37 PM
Philippe Ezekiel
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N = int(input()) sum = 0 for i in range(N + 1): sum += i print(sum)
12th Jul 2021, 12:40 PM
Apongpoh Gilbert
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Hint: The sum of all the natural numbers up to a number is equal to half the product of the number and the next one.
12th Jul 2021, 5:09 PM
Calvin Thomas
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When you test your code on playground, you'll find that your output N is 1 too many. This is because your sum is already 1 before we enter the loop and start adding the numbers.
12th Jul 2021, 1:18 PM
Lisa
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#creating list and then sum up: print(sum([i for i in range(1,N+1)])) #directly sum up, #without creating unnecessary list: print(sum(range(N+1)))
12th Jul 2021, 2:38 PM
Shadoff
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Shadoff I think sum(range(...)) would work, too
12th Jul 2021, 2:39 PM
Lisa
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sum = 0 for i in range(1, 11): sum+=i print(sum) User input does not needed in this code You can use this code instead.
14th Jul 2021, 11:27 AM
Kaibalya Prasad Ojha
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