I’ve been playing about with my code in this exercise to try and work out why it’s necessary to initialize the variable ‘total = 0’ before the ‘for’ loop.
When I change 0 to 10, the output predictably increases by 10.
But when I remove the ‘total = 0’ altogether, the code still runs, but ends up doubling the final figure.
My question is; why does this happen? I can’t understand any logic.
I’ve been guided to the link below, but can’t make head or tail of if. Can anyone explain in simple terms?
Good answer. Thank you. When I run the code without ‘total = 0’ I get the following error in terminal, which makes sense.
Thanks again!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/var/folders/w8/g1hpq38j68g5f_69l4mx3l440000gn/T/com.weirdrocketeer.Foobar/B0066FD9-6D84-45DF-B
F4C-0996D755933C/index.py”, line 22, in
total = total + (prices[key] * stock[key])
NameError: name ‘total’ is not defined