What is the output of the following snippet? my_list = [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘little’, ‘lamb’] def my_list(my_list): del my_list[3] my_list[3] = ‘ram’ print(my_list(my_list))

my_list = ['Mary', 'had', 'a', 'little', 'lamb']
 
 
def my_list(my_list):
    del my_list[3]
    my_list[3] = 'ram'
 
 
print(my_list(my_list))

• [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘ram’]
• no output, the snippet is erroneous
• [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘lamb’]
• [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘little’, ‘lamb’]

Explanation: Let’s analyze the code:

• a list named my_list is created,
• a function named my_list is created,
• the print function tries to invoke the my_list function using the list my_list as an argument. However, the list my_list no longer exists because the function has the same name, and the function replaces the list,
• the code will end in a runtime error because the function does not support item deletion.

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