Why is the answer 0? | Sololearn: Learn to code for FREE!
New course! Every coder should learn Generative AI!
Try a free lesson
+ 3

Why is the answer 0?

x = [True, 100, 1, 0, False] a = 3 b = -2 print(x[a] + x[b]) Thank you in advance!

26th Mar 2022, 9:44 AM
Adam Haller
Adam Haller - avatar
5 Answers
+ 6
x[-2] returns the second last element of the list x. So, >>>x[3] + x[-2] >>> 0 + 0 0
26th Mar 2022, 9:46 AM
Simba
Simba - avatar
+ 3
x[3] and x[-2] are the same element of the list x, since a positive index counts from the beginning of the list, and a negative index counts from the end. x[1] and x[-4] => 100
26th Mar 2022, 10:59 AM
Solo
Solo - avatar
+ 2
-2 returns the second element counting from end. Which is 0 0 +false(which is also 0)=0
26th Mar 2022, 10:41 AM
Chigozie Anyaeji 🇳🇬
Chigozie Anyaeji 🇳🇬 - avatar
+ 2
En python las listas comienzan desde cero: 0. 1. 2 3. 4 x = [True, 100, 1, 0, False] -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 x [3] = 0 x [-2] = 0 0 + 0 = 0
26th Mar 2022, 11:43 AM
Frank
Frank - avatar
0
This Program Output is 0 beacuse x is an Array and it's index is start from 0 and and ends with maxsize -1. The index is either positive or Negative. If we put an index value which is Positive then it take the index from the Left Side and if we put a Negative value then it index is start from the Right side. You put a variable a = 3 it means it is a positive value and the index is start from Left Side so the first index is 0 so the third index is 0 and b = -2 it means the index is start from the Right side so the first index is -1 so the -2 index is 0. And you sum these two Variables It means 0+0 =0 that's why the output is 0.
27th Mar 2022, 10:38 AM
Krishna Kaushik
Krishna Kaushik - avatar