How do I use a function to returns the sum of the elements in a tuple?

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I just want to know how to approach functions like this with tuples. I have two other similar functions with tuples that I'm working on.

def sum(tup):
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Posted 6-Nov-15 17:29pm

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Suvendu Shekhar Giri 7-Nov-15 0:26am

Anything you have tried so far?

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dT = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

def sumTuple(disTuple):
    a =0
    for x in range(0, len(disTuple)):
       a= a + disTuple[x]
    print(a)
    return(a)

sumTuple(dt)

Posted 9-Nov-15 9:20am

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Updated 9-Nov-15 9:22am

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-06T22:59:00

Solution 1

See https://docs.python.org/3.3/tutorial/datastructures.html#tuples-and-sequences[^].

Posted 6-Nov-15 22:59pm

Richard MacCutchan