The provided code performs the following actions: 1. `a = [1,2,3]`...
August 28, 2025 at 08:25 PM
The provided code performs the following actions:
-
a = [1,2,3]
- Creates a list
a
containing the elements[1, 2, 3]
.
- Creates a list
-
this.spied_args = []
- Assigns an empty list to the attribute
spied_args
of an object referenced bythis
. - Note:
this
is not standard Python syntax (Python usually usesself
within class methods to refer to the current instance). This assignment will work only ifthis
is previously defined and refers to a proper object that allows attribute assignment.
- Assigns an empty list to the attribute
-
b = [2,3,4]
- Creates another list
b
containing the elements[2, 3, 4]
.
- Creates another list
-
c = set(a) & set(b)
- Converts both
a
andb
into Pythonset
objects, which are unordered collections of unique elements. set(a)
becomes{1, 2, 3}
andset(b)
becomes{2, 3, 4}
.- The
&
operator computes the intersection of these two sets, resulting in the elements they have in common:{2, 3}
. - Assigns the resulting set
{2, 3}
to the variablec
.
- Converts both
Final Outputs:
a
:[1, 2, 3]
b
:[2, 3, 4]
this.spied_args
:[]
(assumingthis
allows attribute assignment).c
:{2, 3}
(the intersection of sets froma
andb
).
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