# sum_of_values my_dict = {"a": 5, "b" : 3, "c" : 10} list_of_strings = ["a"] def sum_of_values(my_dict, list_of_strings): for val in sum_of_values: for key, value in my_dict.items(): if my_dict.keys() == list_of_strings: return sum(value) sum_of_values(my_dict, list_of_strings)