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sometimes we need to calculate cumulative sum for a list as follows:

def get_cumulative_sum(num_list: List[int]) -> List[int]:
    cumulative_sum = [0] * len(num_list)
    for i, v in enumerate(num_list):
        cumulative_sum[i] = v + (0 if i == 0 else cumulative_sum[i-1])
    return cumulative_sum

but it can be easily done with itertools.accumulate as follows:

cumulative_sum = list(itertools.accumulate(<list>))

sometimes we need to calculate cumulative sum for a list as follows:
```
def get_cumulative_sum(num_list: List[int]) -> List[int]:
    cumulative_sum = [0] * len(num_list)
    for i, v in enumerate(num_list):
        cumulative_sum[i] = v + (0 if i == 0 else cumulative_sum[i-1])
    return cumulative_sum
```

but it can be easily done with `itertools.accumulate` as follows:
```
cumulative_sum = list(itertools.accumulate(<list>))
```
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