#lang racket

(define (sum lst) ;define sum function
  (define (helper lst sum) ;setup tail recursive helper
    (cond ;conditions for recursion
      [(empty? lst) 0] ;base case
      [else (if ;case for if the list item is a number
             (number? (first lst)) ;if the item is a number
             (helper ((rest lst) (+ sum (first lst)))) ;call the helper function with the rest of the list and add to sum
             (helper (rest lst) sum)) ;error case if it is not a number
            ]))
  (helper lst 0)) ;first recursive call

;my attempet to use match, was not going well
;(match lst
;  [`() 0]
;  [(number? head tail ...) (+ sum head)

(module+ test
  (require rackunit)
  (check-equal? (sum `()) 0)
  (check-equal? (sum `(1 2)) 3)
  (check-equal? (sum `(1 2 "buckle my shoe")) 3)
  (check-equal? (sum `(-1 -2)) -3) ;test for negative numbers
  (check-equal? (sum `(-1 `(1 2) -2))) ;test for recursive lists
  (check-equal? (sum `(0.1 0.2)) 0.3) ;test for floating point numbers
  )