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What possible outputs will be obtained when the following code is executed:
import random
myNumber = 4
FRUIT = ["APPLE","BANANA","ORANGE","KIWI","MANGO"]
for I in FRUIT:
for J in range (myNumber):
print(I,end="+")
print()
Options:
a) APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+
b) APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+
c) APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+
d) APPLE+
BANANA+
ORANGE+
Answer:
Answer by student
c) APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+
Detailed answer by teachoo
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Let's analyze the given code step by step to determine the possible outputs.
- Importing the random module:
The code begins by importing the random module, which allows us to generate random numbers.
- Generating a random number:
The line myNumber = random.randint(0, 4) generates a random integer between 0 and 4 (inclusive) and assigns it to the variable myNumber.
- Defining the FRUIT list:
The code defines a list called FRUIT that contains the names of various fruits.
- Nested loops:
The code then uses nested loops to iterate over each fruit in the FRUIT list.
- Inner loop:
The inner loop for J in range(myNumber): runs myNumber times for each fruit. It prints the fruit name followed by a "+" symbol on the same line.
- Outer loop:
After the inner loop completes for each fruit, the outer loop for I in FRUIT: moves to the next fruit in the FRUIT list.
- New line:
After the inner loop completes for all iterations of the outer loop, a print() statement without any arguments is executed, which outputs a newline character, causing the next iteration to be printed on a new line.
Now let's analyze the options to determine the correct output.
a) APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+
This is incorrect because each fruit should be printed the same number of times as the other fruits. Here, the number of times each fruit is printed is incremented by 1 each time.
b) APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+
This is incorrect because each fruit should be printed the same number of times as the other fruits. Here, it is not so.
c) APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+
In this option, the inner loop runs myNumber times for each fruit, which is a random number between 0 and 4. T his output is obtained if myNumber is 4. Therefore, this option is correct .
d) APPLE+
BANANA+
ORANGE+
This output can be obtained if myNumber is 1 for APPLE, BANANA, and ORANGE. However, this is incomplete because there are two more elements in FRUIT: KIWI and MANGO. Therefore, this option is incorrect .
So, the correct answer is:
c) APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+APPLE+
BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+BANANA+
ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+ORANGE+
KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+KIWI+
MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+MANGO+
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