<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Write a function to sum values stored in a dictonary using for loop.
mydict = {‘a’:1, ‘b’:2, ‘c’:3}<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
def sum_dict_values(mydict):
  ans = 0
  for key,val in mydict.items():
    ans += val
  return ans<|im_end|>
