Element-wise addition of 2 lists?

Question

I have now:

list1 = [1, 2, 3]
list2 = [4, 5, 6]

I wish to have:

[1, 2, 3]
 +  +  +         


        

Answer 1

It's simpler to use numpy from my opinion:

import numpy as np
list1=[1,2,3]
list2=[4,5,6]
np.add(list1,list2)

Results:

For detailed parameter information, check here: numpy.add