def _sum(arr):
# initialize a variable
# to store the sum
# while iterating through
# the array later
sum=0
# iterate through the array
# and add each element to the sum variable
# one at a time
for i in arr:
sum = sum + i
return(sum)
arr=[]
arr = [12, 3, 4, 15]
n = len(arr)
ans = _sum(arr)
print ('Sum of the array is ', ans)