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Lakshya Tyagi
Lakshya Tyagi

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What will be the result of following code?

>>> a = {1, 2, {3, 4}}
>>> len(a)
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  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. error

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Mihail Malo

Bad order of answers. "3" is ambiguous.

  1. error
  2. 4
  3. 3

would be much better

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Lakshya Tyagi

Correct

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ProMikeCoder2020 • Edited

A is parsed as set with three values: two integers and another set. Thus it gives a Len of 3

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Sambhav-Jindal-github

3

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Dibyadarshan Rath
  1. 3