Python Question / Quiz; What is the output of the following Python code, and why? Comment your answers below!

@PythonPr Answer: D 9999 Solution: Observe that '9' is a string, not an int. b is an int 4. So, a * b is a multiplication of string and int. Sounds strange, but this is just repetition of the string. So, '9' * 4 is the string '9' repeated 4 times, ie, 9999 that's what gets printed.

@PythonPr This one always catches people. "9" isn’t a number, it’s a string. Strings × ints = repetition → 9999.

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@PythonPr (d) 9999 In Python, when the multiplication operator (*) is used with a string (a = '9') and an integer (b = 4), it performs string repetition, not mathematical multiplication. The original string is repeated the number of times specified by the integer. Why!?

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@PythonPr C - error - you can’t multiply a string to an integer directly

@PythonPr a * 4 = a + a + a + a = '9' + '9' + '9' + '9' = '9999' print(a * 4) = print('9999') Answer: 9999

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@PythonPr "9999" a is a string, not a number. So Python doesn’t do math here. It does what it always does with strings and integers. '9' * 4 means “repeat the string '9' four times,” not “multiply like an adult. You asked Python for arithmetic, and it said, “Best I can do is copy-paste.”

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@PythonPr 9999. Just repeating the string four times

@PythonPr String is a text not a number. So the answer will be D

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@PythonPr I'm surprised no one chose 36 🤣😂. That probably would be the first instinct for some

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@PythonPr Output is C because you can't concatenate a string with integer

@PythonPr While adding a string and an integer (+) causes an error, multiplying a string by an integer is a perfectly valid operation, so correct answer is D as here the string 9 gets repeated 4 times and becomes 9999

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@PythonPr 9999 multiplying a string by an integer

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@PythonPr The answer is 9999

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