Python fsum() function

fsum() finds the sum between a given range or an iterable. It needs the import of the math library. Its widely used in mathematical calculations.

Syntax

Below is the syntax of the function.

maths.fsum( iterable )
The iterable can be a range, array , list.
Return Type :
It returns a floating point number.

Below are the example on how fsum function on a single number or on group of elements in a list.

Example

import math
# Using range
print(math.fsum(range(12)))
# List of Integers
listA = [5, 12, 11]
print(math.fsum(listA))
# List of Floating point numbers
listB = [9.35, 6.7, 3]
print(math.fsum(listB))

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result −

66.0
28.0
19.05