In this tutorial we are going to Find the Sum of Natural Numbers

Python Program to Find the Sum of Natural Numbers

number = int(input("Please Enter any Number: "))
total = 0
for value in range(1, number + 1):
    total = total + value
print("The Sum of Natural Numbers from 1 to {0} =  {1}".format(number, total))
#using while loop:
num = int(input("Enter a number: "))  
  
if num < 0:  
   print("Enter a positive number")  
else:  
   sum = 0  
  # use while loop to iterate until zero  
   while(num > 0):  
       sum += num  
       num -= 1  
   print("The sum is",sum)  

Python program to find the sum of natural numbers using recursive function

def recur_sum(n):
if n <= 1:
return n
else:
return n + recur_sum(n-1)

num=int(input(“enter the no of terms”))
if num < 0:
print("Enter a positive number")
else:
print("The sum is",recur_sum(num))

Explanation:

• Firstly, create a function called recur_sum and we pass a parameter ‘n’ if it is less than or equal to 1 it returns n else it returns n and adds n-1 term with it. Example: Assign 5 as n,then it goes to else statement returns 5 and recursion takes place then it takes n as 4 gets into else statement and again recursion takes place and assigns n as 3 and gets into else statement and this process process continues till n is equal to 1
• Take user input
• if it is less than 0 it asks to enter positive number else it prints the result.