import math if __name__ == "__main__": ''' sum(iterable[, start]) ref. https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#sum ''' number = [1, 2, 3, 4] print('sum(number):', sum(number)) print('sum(number) + 2:', sum(number, 2)) ''' math.fsum(iterable) ref. https://docs.python.org/3/library/math.html#math.fsum ''' f_number = [0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01] print('sum(f_number):', sum(f_number)) # Avoids loss of precision by tracking multiple intermediate partial sums print('math.fsum(f_number):', math.fsum(f_number)) seq_obj = [ { "count": 1 }, { "count": 2 }, { "count": 3 }, { "count": 4 }, ] total = sum(o.get('count') for o in seq_obj) print('total:', total)