Python bug buster

Prompt

Your task is to analyze the provided Python code snippet, identify any bugs or errors present, and provide a corrected version of the code that resolves these issues. Explain the problems you found in the original code and how your fixes address them. The corrected code should be functional, efficient, and adhere to best practices in Python programming. Code: [code]

Sample query

Your task is to analyze the provided Python code snippet, identify any bugs or errors present, and provide a corrected version of the code that resolves these issues. Explain the problems you found in the original code and how your fixes address them. The corrected code should be functional, efficient, and adhere to best practices in Python programming. Code:

def calculate_average(nums):

sum = 0

for num in nums:

sum += num

average = sum / len(nums)

return average

numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]

result = calculate_average(numbers)

print("The average is:", results)

Sample response

Here's the corrected version of the provided Python code snippet:

def calculate_average(nums):
    total_sum = 0  # Changed variable name from 'sum' to 'total_sum' to avoid overriding built-in function
    for num in nums:
        total_sum += num
    average = total_sum / len(nums)
    return average

numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
result = calculate_average(numbers)
print("The average is:", result)  # Changed variable name from 'results' to 'result'

Here are the issues in the original code and how they were fixed:

1. Variable Name Clashes:
• The variable sum was used to accumulate the sum of numbers in the list. However, sum is a built-in function in Python used for calculating the sum of elements in a sequence. Using it as a variable name overrides the built-in function and could lead to unexpected behavior. To avoid this, I renamed the variable to total_sum.
2. Typo in Variable Name:
• The variable results was used to store the result of the calculate_average function. However, in the print statement, the variable name was misspelled as results. I corrected it to result to match the variable name used to store the result.

With these corrections, the code should now execute without errors and correctly calculate and print the average of the numbers in the list.