Python Coding Challenge - Question with Answer (ID -150626)

 

Explanation:

🔹 Line 1: Create a Bytes Object

x = b"ABC"

The prefix:

b

means this is a bytes object, not a normal string.

So:

b"ABC"

is stored as raw bytes.

Memory representation:

A → 65

B → 66

C → 67

Therefore:

b"ABC"

internally becomes:

[65, 66, 67]

🔹 Line 2: Access First Element

x[0]

Current bytes object:

b"ABC"

Index:

0

points to:

A

Many people expect:

"A"

or

b"A"

But Python bytes work differently.

🔹 Step 3: What Does Bytes Indexing Return?

For strings:

"ABC"[0]

Output:

"A"

But for bytes:

b"ABC"[0]

Output:

65

Because bytes indexing returns the integer value of the byte.

ASCII value of:

A

is:

65

🔹 Step 4: Print Result

print(x[0])

becomes:

print(65)

Output:

65