Question

Will the Python code below print something? And will it terminate?

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes and Yes

Explanation:

When programs are written without indentation; it becomes a problem to read;

I'll rewrite your program as follows:

def print_n(s, n):  

   if n > 0:  

       print(s)  

       print_n(s, n-1)  

   return n  

n = 3  

while print_n("hi", n):  

   print_n("there!", n)  

   n = 0

Using the above as a point of reference,

Yes, the program will run and Yes, it'll terminate;

Because n is initialized to 3 at line 6 (where the main starts);

The following is passed to the function; s = "hi" and n=3

This prints "hi", three times

s = "there" and n=3 is then passed to the function print_n, afterwards;

The function then prints "there" three times

Then, the program terminates