Can anyone say why we have got the following output for the given code ?

Question

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Input :
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a=[1,2]
a.append(a)
print(a)
print(a[2])
print(a[2][2])
print(a[2][2][2])
print(a!=a[2][2][2])

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Output :
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[1,2,[...]]
[1,2,[...]]
[1,2,[...]]
[1,2,[...]]
False

The code is given below ! 👇👇

https://code.sololearn.com/cVRtV2EtRX2K/?ref=app

Answer 1

By appending a to itself u r creating a potentially endless loop. a[2] is assigned to the same list object as a. So by trying to access it you always access the same list again.