Alternating harmonic series uses symsum

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I want to do an alternating series using just symsum, but I've seen a lot of complicated code for it.
Is there a way to define variable and use symsum for 1-1/2+1/3...?

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 28 Jan 2022
syms m n integer
result = symsum((-1)^(n+1)/n, n, 1, m)
result = 
result = symsum((-1)^(n+1)/n, n, 1, inf)
result = 
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Cassandra Meyer
Cassandra Meyer on 28 Jan 2022
Thank you! tried something similar but might have missed a parathenses.

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