Skipping elements in a List Python

Question

I\'m new to programming and I\'m trying to do the codingbat.com problems to start. I came across this problem:

Given an array calculate the sum except when there is

Answer 1

def skipAndAddFun(inputVal, skipList):
   sum = 0
   for i in inputVal:
        if not i in skipList:
            sum += i
    return sum

Usage:

skipAndAddFun([1,2,13,5,1], [13, 5])
4

This simple function will be a generic solution for your question.