What is the output of the following code? tup = (1, 2, 4, 8) tup = tup[1:-1] tup = tup[0] print(tup)

tup = (1, 2, 4, 8)
tup = tup[1:-1]
tup = tup[0]
print(tup)

• (2)
• (2, )
• 2
• the snippet is erroneous

Explanation: Let’s analyze the code:

• a tuple named tup with the following elements is defined: (1, 2, 4, 8)
• the tuple tupis replaced with a shorter version of itself. The indices are [1:-1], which means it will start at position 1 to the second-last element of the tuple. The new tuple is (2, 4)
• the tuple tup is again replaced with its first element only: tup[0], and the result is no longer a tuple,
• the print function shows 2 on the console.

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