Sum list based on function Calculates the sum of a list, after mapping each element to a value using the provided function. Use map() with fn to map each element to a value using the provided function. Use sum() to return the sum of the values. def sum_by(lst, fn): return sum(map(fn, lst)) sum_by([{ 'n': 4 }, { 'n': 2 }, { 'n': 8 }, { 'n': 6 }], lambda v : v['n']) # 20