Merge pull request #8855 from oWnOIzRi/week238

add solution week 238 task 1 in python

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+
+def running_sum(elements):
+    """ Returns the running sum of the given array
+    >>> running_sum([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+    [1, 3, 6, 10, 15]
+    >>> running_sum([1, 1, 1, 1, 1])
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    >>> running_sum([0, -1, 1, 2])
+    [0, -1, 0, 2]
+    >>> running_sum([])
+    []
+    """
+    if len(elements) <= 1: return elements
+    elements[1] = elements[0] + elements[1]
+    return [elements[0]] + running_sum(elements[1:])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()