Python Coding Challenge - Question with Answer (ID 060926)

 

Explanation:

1. First Value: ""

""

An empty string is falsy in Python.

So Python does not select it and moves to the next value:

"" → False

2. Second Value: []

[]

An empty list is also falsy.

Therefore, Python continues to the next value:

[] → False

3. Third Value: 5

5

Any non-zero number is truthy.

So Python selects 5 and stops evaluating the or chain.

5 → True

4. Assignment to x

The complete expression:

x = "" or [] or 5

becomes:

x = 5

Important: Python's or operator returns the actual value, not necessarily True or False.

5. print(x)

print(x)

Since x contains 5, the output is:

5

✅ Final Output

5

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