Core Concepts — Series 2

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What is the output of the following code?

javascript

s = "ab"
print(s * 3)
print(s + "cd")
print(s * 0)
print("py" "thon")

Aababab, abcd, (empty string), python

Bababab, abcd, ab, python thon — s * 0 returns the original string unchanged, and adjacent literals insert a space.

Cababab, ab+cd, (empty string), pythhon

DTypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int on s * 0

What is the output of the following code?

javascript

def min_max(numbers):
    return min(numbers), max(numbers)

result = min_max([3, 1, 4, 1, 5])
print(result)
print(type(result))

lo, hi = min_max([3, 1, 4, 1, 5])
print(lo, hi)

A1, 5, <class 'tuple'>, 1 5 — result is printed as two separate values, not as a single tuple.

B(1, 5), <class 'tuple'>, 1 5

C(1, 5), <class 'list'>, 1 5

DTypeError: min_max() takes 1 positional argument but a tuple was expected

What is the output of the following code?

javascript

data = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
print("a" in data)
print(1 in data)
print(1 in data.values())
text = "hello world"
print("wor" in text)

ATrue, True, False, True

BFalse, False, True, True

CTrue, False, True, True

DTrue, False, False, False

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