Why does this crash my app!

[Bobabooey_999]

I am trying to check if a sum of some numbers in a list adds up to a specific value.

I want to do this:

sums = []

for number in numbers:
    for sum_ in sums[:]:
        sums.append(sum_ + number)

    sums.append(number)

return n in sums

[Kaustubh_Rakhade]

First of all, can you make your goal a bit more clear. I mean what exactly do you want to do?
Do you want the list of sums of all possible combinations of the elements of global values list?

[Bobabooey_999]

Yes I want to make all the possible combos and store in global values list. Then check if a separate value is in the list.

[Kaustubh_Rakhade]

@Bobabooey_999

for sum_ in sums[:]:
sums.append(sum_ + number)

Here is the error. For every element in list, you are adding another element to the list. It means after every loop there is one more element so that means one more loop that adds one more element and thus the loop runs forever (or until you run out of memory).

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I'm working on the solution and I'll put it here as soon as I get and test it.

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[ABG]

This is what I expect when I hear the word sum

[Bobabooey_999]

I think this will only sum the list.

I want to take a list for example {1,2,3,4,5}
sum = [];
and make a new list with the sums of all values.

sum = {1+2,1+3,1+4,1+5, 1}
this is after one iteration
then next iteration the sum list looks like this
{3,4,5,6, 1, 3+2, 4+2, 5+2, 6+2, 1+2}

[ABG]

@Bobabooey_999

I am trying to check if a sum of some numbers in a list adds up to a specific value.

Would you settle for a yes or no answer, or do you want to see which numbers in the list added up to the given value?

[ABG]

You are trying to solve the 0-1-knapsack problem
on a phone.

Try adding memoization and dividing up your algorithmic phases using a Clock Timer to avoid sending your phone into a coma.

[Bobabooey_999]

Yeah, I just want a true or false to be returned.

What I want to do:
int num = 8
List = {1,2,3,4,5}
from this list is there a combination of these numbers that add to the variable num.

In this case there is.
It is 5+3 =8

so a True is returned

[ABG]

Here's a recursive solution, with hardly any optimization.

I had to add a Clock Timer for showmanship.

Sample runs ...

I had to add a one shot Clock Timer event to give the Calculating... text a chance to show before the data crunching.

This recursive procedure does all the work, referring back to my 2 globals for efficiency.

I assume only positive items in the list, otherwise the algorithm gets even slower.

[Bobabooey_999]

Thank you so much for your extensive answer. I will test it out now!

[Bobabooey_999]

!
Might be a dumb question but how do you create that green or block.

I have these options...

!

[Patryk_F]

You take the usual "or" block from the drawer, then right-click on it and select "External inputs" from the context menu.

[Bobabooey_999]

Thank you for the help everyone!!!