An easier way to do this? (spoiler if you're using pyschools for fun)

[Chris Rebert]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Matty Sarro <msarro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> I'm working on one of the puzzles on pyschools.com, and am trying to figure
> out if I can make my solution a bit more elegant.
>
> def getSumOfLastDigit(numList):
>     sumOfDigits=0
>     for i in range(0, len(numList)):
>         num=str(numList.pop())
Just loop over the list directly:
    for num in numList:
        num = str(num)
>         sumOfDigits+=int(num[-1:])
No need for the colon:
        sumOfDigits+= int(num[-1])
>     return sumOfDigits

And now for the much simpler math-based solution:

def getSumOfLastDigit(numList):
    return sum(num%10 for num in numList)

Cheers,
Chris
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