Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this thing called “sums trade,” and let me tell you, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster. I wanted to share my experience, from the very beginning to where I’m at now. Not sure if I’m doing it perfectly, but hey, that’s part of the learning process, right?
Getting Started
First, I needed to actually, you know, get the data. I decided to use some file I have and I opened and read * was a bit of a pain, honestly. I should had some trouble with it.
I needed some help to do this, and it works fine.

Figuring Out the Logic
Once I had the data, the real fun began. This is where I started to build the core logic. My goal was to do calculate something and I do not know how to say. So I started by creating a few variables to store temporary results. I think I used a for loop to go, line by line.
Inside the loop, I check to see what’s in each line. It took me a while to figure out the best way to compare these,I tried a bunch of different things, and to be honest, some of them were complete failures.
After a lot of trial and error, I finally got the comparisons working. The next step was to actually perform the core calculation of “sums trade”,This part felt super satisfying because it meant all the previous steps were finally paying off.
Putting It All Together
With the main logic in place, I combined everything into a single block. I added some final touches, like showing the result.
I ran the whole thing multiple times, tweaking things here and there until I was reasonably happy with the output. There’s probably still room for improvement, but for now, it seems to be doing what I want it to do.

The Results
So, after all that work, what did I end up with? Well, a working version of the “sums trade”. It’s not perfect, and I’m sure there are more efficient ways to do it, but it’s a start!
I feel like I learned a lot during this process. The best way to learn is by doing and making mistakes.