Loop Question

[OzzyB]

I am writing a function that has two parameters F & L and the function returns the sum of the squares of all the intergers between F & L

e.g if i call def sum(3,5) should output 50 (9 + 16 + 25)

def sum(first,last) :
sqaure = 0
for i in range(first,las t + 1)

this is my program code at the moment what am I missing?

[Glenton]

Is this for homework?

Here is code for returning the sum of the numbers between first and last inclusive. Do you understand what it all does?

def sum(first,last):
    sqr=0
    for i in range(first,last+1):
        sqr+=i
    return sqr

You'll easily be able to adjust it once you understand it. Let us know how it goes.

[OzzyB]

Thanks

Its not homework I am trying to learn python for my new job . This question is actually from the zelle's book. Thanks for your help I am going to use your function as a example.

I hope you can help me in the future. If you have msn, please PM your email address.

Thanks

[Glenton]

I found a good way to learn was to use it solve some of the problems here:

http://projecteuler.net/

which are designed for clever programming! Enjoy!

[Glenton]

By the way, what are you planning to use python for?