diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java
index e2a5fb01..559119b4 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: IntListUtil.java,v 1.2 2002/03/14 03:48:44 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: IntListUtil.java,v 1.3 2002/11/12 05:23:41 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.util;
 
@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@ public class IntListUtil
         return nlist;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the total of all of the values in the list.
+     */
+    public static int total (int[] list)
+    {
+        int total = 0, lsize = list.length;
+        for (int ii = 0; ii < lsize; ii++) {
+            total += list[ii];
+        }
+        return total;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new list that will accomodate the specified index and
      * copies the contents of the old list to the first.