[0006] Python Quiz 2 - Number Explosion

You will sometimes come across examples of code that use one or two asterisks. Depending on how the asterisks are used, they can mean different things to Python.

Check your understanding of what a single asterisk means in the following quiz!

The Quiz

What will be the output if you run this code?

numbers = range(3)
output = {*numbers}
print(output)

A) {range}

B) (range)

C) [0, 1, 2]

D) (0, 1, 2)

E) {0, 1, 2}

Hint

"Unpacking generalizations" is the term to look up if you get stuck.

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