> I can't figure out or find anywhere how to get the sum of a list?? L = [1,2,3] sum = reduce(operator.add,L) Which is shorthand for sum = 0 for item in L: sum += item Check my topic on Functional Programming for more info. Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutor2/