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Python Brain Teasers
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Python Brain Teasers

by Miki Tebeka
August 2021
Beginner to intermediate
118 pages
1h 29m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Puzzle 17Endgame

1: avengers = [​'Bruce'​, ​'Carol'​, ​'Natasha'​, ​'Tony'​]
2: idx = 3
3: avengers[idx], idx = ​'Peter'​, 2
4: print​(avengers)

Guess the Output

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Try to guess what the output is before moving to the next page.

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This code will print: [’Bruce’, ’Carol’, ’Natasha’, ’Peter’]

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You’re doing multiple assignments, also known as unpacking. In line 3, Python will first evaluate the right side of the = from left to right and then ...

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