#!/usr/bin/python3 # mari von steinkirch @2013 # steinkirch at gmail def large_sum(filename): sum_total, lines, numbers = 0, 0, 0 with open(filename) as file: for line in file: sum_total += int(line.strip('\n')) return str(sum_total)[0:10] def main(): import time start = time.time() filename = 'large_sum.dat' print(large_sum(filename)) elapsed = (time.time() - start) print('Tests Passed!\n It took %s seconds to run them.' % (elapsed)) if __name__ == '__main__': main()