30-seconds-of-code/snippets/python/s/sum-of-powers.md

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title	type	language	tags	cover	dateModified
Sum of powers	snippet	python	math	river-flow	2020-11-02T19:28:35+02:00

Returns the sum of the powers of all the numbers from start to end (both inclusive).

• Use range() in combination with a list comprehension to create a list of elements in the desired range raised to the given power.
• Use sum() to add the values together.
• Omit the second argument, power, to use a default power of 2.
• Omit the third argument, start, to use a default starting value of 1.

def sum_of_powers(end, power = 2, start = 1):
  return sum([(i) ** power for i in range(start, end + 1)])

sum_of_powers(10) # 385
sum_of_powers(10, 3) # 3025
sum_of_powers(10, 3, 5) # 2925