What are the possible outcome(s) executed from the following code?
Also specify the maximum and minimum values that can be assigned to variable PICK.
```python
import random
PICK = random.randint(0, 3)
CITY = ["DELHI", "MUMBAI", "CHENNAI", "KOLKATA"]
for I in CITY:
for J in range(1, PICK):
print(I, end="")
print()
```
(i)
DELHIDELHI
MUMBAIMUMBAI
CHENNAICHENNAI
KOLKATAKOLKATA
(ii)
DELHI
DELHIMUMBAI
DELHIMUMBAICHENNAI
(iii)
DELHI
MUMBAI
(iv)
DELHI
MUMBAIMUMBAI
Answer (2)
Let's examine the Python code to understand the possible behavior and outcomes:
Code Explanation :
The code imports the random module and uses random.randint(0, 3) to assign a random integer between 0 and 3 (inclusive) to the variable PICK.
CITY is a list containing the names of cities: "DELHI", "MUMBAI", "CHENNAI", and "KOLKATA".
The outer for loop iterates over each item I in the list CITY.
The inner for loop iterates J from 1 to PICK - 1.
Inside the inner loop, it prints the city name followed immediately by the next one. After the inner loop ends, a newline is printed.
Possible Outcomes :
The value of PICK determines how many times, if any, each city name is printed:
If PICK is 0 or 1, the inner loop will not execute since range(1, PICK) is empty. No city names will be printed in this case.
If PICK is 2, each city will be printed once, like this: "DELHI DELHI MUMBAI MUMBAI CHENNAI CHENNAI KOLKATA KOLKATA".
If PICK is 3, each city will be printed twice because the inner loop runs twice for each city: "DELHI DELHI MUMBAI MUMBAI CHENNAI CHENNAI KOLKATA KOLKATA".
Maximum and Minimum Values of PICK :
Minimum : 0
Maximum : 3
Analysis of Given Options :
Option (ii) and Option (iv) show varied and unexpected printing orders or counts that don't match the logic when PICK is consistently applied for all cities.
Thus, the accurate choice from given options would be none listed directly because it involves consistently applied random behavior from execution per run.
Final Conclusion:
Based on the code execution, the repeated cities as described above or no cities printed are possible depending on the random value. The sample outputs match only under the specific sequence of loop execution and given range break condition within the described logical constructs and not necessarily one of the multiple choices directly.
This question involves understanding random number generation, list iteration, and nested loop behavior within Python.
The Python code produces varying outputs based on the random integer assigned to PICK , ranging from no output (for values 0 and 1) to printing each city once (for PICK = 2 ) or twice (for PICK = 3 ). The minimum and maximum values for PICK are 0 and 3, respectively. None of the provided options exactly match the expected outcomes based on the code's logic.
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