Question

Write a program to calculate and return the sum of distances between the adjacent numbers
in an array of positive integers.
Note:
You are expected to write code in the find TotalDistance function only which will receive the
first parameter as the number of items in the array and second parameter as the array
itself. You are not required to take input from the console.
Example
Finding the total distance between adjacent items of a list of 5 numbers
Input
input1: 5
input2: 10 11 7 12 14
Output
12​

Answer 1

Answer:

n=int(input())

list=[int(input()) for i in range(n)]

def TotalDistance(n,list):

   total=0

   for i in range(len(list) -1):

       total+=abs(list[i]-list[i+1])

   return total

print(TotalDistance(n,list))

Explanation:

Answer 2

The program for the given problem is:-

def findTotalSum(n,numbers,pos):

   total = 0

   for i in range(pos-1,n-1):

       total+= abs(numbers[i]-numbers[i+1])

   return total

n = int(input())

numbers = list(map(int, input().split()))

pos = int(input())

print(findTotalSum(n,numbers,pos))

• A function with the name findTotalSum is defined at first.
• Then a for loop is used.
• An integer variable is input by the user.
• After the implementation of the required condition the value is printed.

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