Re: best cumulative sum

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Micah Elliott wrote:
>
>>On Nov 21, David Isaac wrote:
>>>What's the good way to produce a cumulative sum?
>>
>>>>>import operator
>>>>>x = 1,2,3
>>>>>reduce(operator.add, x)
>>
>>6
>
> Or just sum(x).

That just gives you the tail end. The OP asked for a cumulative sum;
that is, a list with all of the intermediate sums, too.

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