# SumOfFirstTen.py
#
# Description: Returns the sum of the first 10 integral numbers.
#
# NOTE: This algorithm is known as a “running sum”
#
# Anne Lavergne
# Date: Feb. 9 2024

def sumOfFirstTen():
  """Returns the sum of the first 10 integral numbers."""
  
  # Initialize the accumulator variable to 0
  # We use "0" because we are adding numbers
  theSum = 0
  
  # For each of the first 10 integral numbers
  for each in range(1,11):  # 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
  
    # Add the number to the accumulator (running sum)
    theSum += each # theSum = each + theSum

  
  # Once done, return the result produced by this function:
  # i.e., the sum of the first 10 integral numbers.
  return theSum

  
  
#*** Main part of my program

# Call sumOfFirstTen and print its resulting sum
print(F"The sum of the first 10 integral numbers is {sumOfFirstTen()}.")