Let's break down the code and understand its behavior step...
September 15, 2025 at 03:16 AM
Let's break down the code and understand its behavior step by step:
print(None, print(1, 2))
Inner print
function:
- Python evaluates expressions from inside out, so
print(1, 2)
will be executed first. print(1, 2)
prints1 2
to the console and returnsNone
, as theprint()
function in Python always returnsNone
.
Thus, after executing the inner print(1, 2)
, it will:
- Print
1 2
to the console. - Leave
None
as its return value.
Outer print
function:
- After evaluating
print(1, 2)
, theNone
returned by it will be used in the outerprint
function call. - So the outer
print()
becomes effectively:print(None, None)
becauseNone
is explicitly provided as the first argument, and the result ofprint(1, 2)
is the second argument.
The outer print(None, None)
will:
- Print
None None
to the console.
Final Output:
- The first line printed is
1 2
(fromprint(1, 2)
). - The second line printed is
None None
(from the outerprint
).
Summary:
This code:
- Prints
1 2
on the first line. - Prints
None None
on the second line.
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