Adding consecutive numbers. Can anyone help with this code .

Question

N = int(input())
#your code goes here
i=1
while i<N:
i+=1

sum=i+N
print(sum)

Answer 1

N=int(input ())
sum=0
for i in range(1, N+1) :
sum=sum+i
print(sum)

Answer 2

This worked

Answer 3

How is iteration happening in your code.?

Answer 4

But there is no iteration happening, the value is going to change once, isnt it?