Python - Sum of different length Lists of list
Last Updated :
08 May, 2023
Getting the sum of list is quite common problem and has been dealt with and discussed many times, but sometimes, we require to better it and total sum, i.e. including those of nested list as well. Let’s try and get the total sum and solve this particular problem.
Method #1 : Using list comprehension + sum() We can solve this problem using the list comprehension as a potential shorthand to the conventional loops that we may use to perform this particular task. We just iterate and sum the nested list and at end return the cumulative sum using sum function.
Python3
# Python3 code to demonstrate
# Sum of Uneven Lists of list
# Using list comprehension + sum()
# initializing list
test_list = [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
# printing original list
print("The original list : " + str(test_list))
# using list comprehension + sum()
# Sum of Uneven Lists of list
res = sum([ele for sub in test_list for ele in sub])
# print result
print("The total element sum in lists is : " + str(res))
Output : The original list : [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
The total element sum in lists is : 80
Time Complexity: O(n),The above code iterates through the list once, hence the time complexity is linear, i.e. O(n).
Space Complexity: O(n),The algorithm uses an additional list to store the result, thus consuming linear space which is O(n).
Method #2 : Using chain() + sum() This particular problem can also be solved using the chain function instead of list comprehension in which we use the conventional sum function to check the sum.
Python3
# Python3 code to demonstrate
# Sum of Uneven Lists of list
# Using chain() + sum()
from itertools import chain
# initializing list
test_list = [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
# printing original list
print("The original list : " + str(test_list))
# using chain() + sum()
# Sum of Uneven Lists of list
res = sum(list(chain(*test_list)))
# print result
print("The total element sum in lists is : " + str(res))
Output : The original list : [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
The total element sum in lists is : 80
Time Complexity: O(n) where n is the number of elements in the string list. The chain() + sum() is used to perform the task and it takes O(n) time.
Auxiliary Space: O(1) constant additional space is required.
Method #3 : Using numpy.sum() and numpy.flatten()
Note: Install numpy module using command "pip install numpy"
Python3
import numpy as np
# initializing list
test_list = [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
# printing original list
print("The original list : " + str(test_list))
# Using numpy.concatenate() and numpy.sum()
res = np.sum(np.concatenate([np.array(sublist) for sublist in test_list]))
# print result
print("The total element sum in lists is : " + str(res))
#This code is contributed by Edula Vinay Kumar Reddy
Output:
The original list : [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
The total element sum in lists is : 80
Time Complexity: O(n) where n is the total number of elements in the nested list
Auxiliary Space : O(n) for storing the concatenated array.
Method #4: Using reduce() from functools module
Python3
from functools import reduce
# initializing list
test_list = [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
# printing original list
print("The original list : " + str(test_list))
# using reduce() from functools module
# Sum of Uneven Lists of list
res = reduce(lambda x,y: x+y, [ele for sub in test_list for ele in sub])
# print result
print("The total element sum in lists is : " + str(res))
OutputThe original list : [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
The total element sum in lists is : 80
Time complexity: O(N), where N is the total number of elements in all sub-lists of test_list.
Auxiliary space complexity: O(N), as we create a new list with all the elements from the sub-lists using list comprehension, and then pass it to reduce().
Method #5 : Using sum() and extend() methods
Approach
- Convert the nested list to single list using extend(),for loop and store in x
- Find the sum of x using sum() and store in res
- Display res
Python3
# Python3 code to demonstrate
# Sum of Uneven Lists of list
# initializing list
test_list = [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
# printing original list
print("The original list : " + str(test_list))
# Sum of Uneven Lists of list
x=[]
for i in test_list:
x.extend(i)
res=sum(x)
# print result
print("The total element sum in lists is : " + str(res))
OutputThe original list : [[1, 4, 5], [7, 3], [4], [46, 7, 3]]
The total element sum in lists is : 80
Time Complexity : O(N) N - length of x
Auxiliary Space: O(1) since we are using single variable res to store sum
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