I want to sum only even numbers in the list...

Question

can anyone please help me to do this..
i tried it ...but not working...
items = [23, 555, 666, 123, 128, 4242, 990]

sum = 0
n = 0
while n < len(items):

num = items[n]
n +=1
sum += num
if num%2==0:
continue

print(sum)

Answer 1

Your code's adds all the number in the list.If you want to do sum of the even number your code should be like that:
https://code.sololearn.com/cpUv6H7z3PDc

Answer 2

How about
print(sum(n for n in items if n % 2 == 0))
🙂

Answer 3

See short solution from David Ashton or change your code in loop:

if items[n]%2 == 0:
sum += items[n]
n += 1

Answer 4

list=[23,555,666,123,128,4242,990]
sum=0
for i in list:
if i%2==0:
sum+=i
print(sum)