Answer to Question #229963 in Python for Assignment

Question

Write a code to find out the sum of the sequence 2 -4 6 -8 10 -12.... while the last value will be determined from input. Use a loop to solve the problem.

Answer 1

n = int(input())
m = 1
total = 0
while True:
    total += 2 * m * (-1) ** (m - 1)
    if 2 * m * (-1) ** (m - 1) == n:
        break
    m += 1
print(total)