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+# Python program to find sum of elements in list
+total = 0
+
+# creating a list
+list1 = [11, 5, 17, 18, 23]
+
+# Iterate each element in list
+# and add them in variable total
+for ele in range(0, len(list1)):
+	total = total + list1[ele]
+
+# printing total value
+print("Sum of all elements in given list: ", total)