Adding odd numbers in a list

Question

I am trying to find the sum of all odd numbers within a given range but I cannot figure out how to specify which numbers are odd. My professor said to use \"for num in numbe

Answer 1

May I suggest a small tweak to Martijn Pieter's excellent answer?

To make your method more flexible, try incorporating range into the method. It will make your method able to sum the odd values in any list. Also, I switched up your method signature so that it conforms to the Python Style Guide PEP8, just being picky here:)

def add_odd_numbers(max_list_value):
    numbers = range(0, max_list_value)
    total = 0
    for num in numbers:
        if num % 2 == 1:
            total += num
    return total

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print add_odd_numbers(10)