Answers for "5. Python Program to Find the Sum of Elements in a List Recursively"

sum number in a list python using recursion

def listsum(numList):
   if len(numList) == 1:
        return numList[0]
   else:
        return numList[0] + listsum(numList[1:])

print(listsum([1,3,5,7,9]))

how to calculate the sum of a list in python

# Python code to demonstrate the working of  
# sum() 
numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,1,4,5] 
  
# start parameter is not provided 
Sum = sum(numbers) 
print(Sum) # result is 25  
# start = 10 
Sum = sum(numbers, 10) 
print(Sum) # result is 10 +25 = 35