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Somebody please explain me how the output for this program is odd? e = lambda x: True if x == 0 else o(x-1) o = lambda x: not e(x) print("even" if e(10//2) else "odd")

15th Jun 2021, 11:38 PM
Sandip Thapa
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e(10//2) == e(5) e(5) => call o(4) as 5 != 0 o(4) => not e(4) e(4) => call o(3) as 4 != 0 o(3) => not e(3) e(3) => call o(2) as 3 != 0 o(2) => not e(2) e(2) => call o(1) as 2 != 0 o(1) => not e(1) e(1) => call o(0) as 1 != 0 o(0) => not e(0) e(0) => True as 0 == 0 so, return values backwards: e(1) == o(0) == not e(0) => False e(2) == o(1) == not e(1) => True e(3) == o(2) == not e(2) => False e(4) == o(3) == not e(3) => True e(5) == o(4) == not e(3) => False so print("odd") as e(5) == False
16th Jun 2021, 12:03 AM
visph
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