how to add up values out of a list with a dictionary inside a list with python

Question

I already tried to do it myself but I get 1 back and I dont know why. I thought i will be 5.

the code:

test_list = []

for i in range(5):
    test_list.append({"number": 1, "name": "Smith"})


for i in range(len(test_list)):
    number_list = []
    number_list.append(test_list[i]["number"]) 


x = sum(number_list)
print(x)

Answer 1

Thanks to you guys i made it work, the fault was that everytime it loped it made number_list = [] again. so in this new code it only makes number_list = [] when i is 0, so only for the first time it loops.

test_list = []

for i in range(5):
    test_list.append({"number": 1, "name": "Smith"})

for i in range(len(test_list)):
    if i == 0:
        number_list = []
    number_list.append(test_list[i]["number"])


x = sum(number_list)
print(x)