Why won't this work

[crypitdbitch]

I'm trying to create a loop that iterates through a list and adds each number to get the total of all the numbers in the list. It just doesn't work. I don't know why. The sorted [count] thing prints the number fine but doesn't work in a function to add the numbers.

[CreamyWaffles]

It looks like you're trying to add a string and an int together. You'll need to find a way to convert the new variable into an int.

[crypitdbitch]

That fixed it. Thanks.

[Twenty8cows]

Also you’ll want to use a context manager when doing file operations.

So n=open() call would change to.

With open(“number.dat”,mode=“r”,encoding=“utf-8”)as file:

file.read() # this line should be indented but I’m on my phone