Help me guys.. I'm just messed up with this question.. My wrong answer is 16 😒..what's yours..

Question

How many letters 'a' will be printed after this code is executed?

i = 0
a = 'a'
while i < 8:
a *= 2
i += 1
print (a)

Answer 1

SELVANITHISH SELVANITHISH try to run it in code playground ..

You will get your answer
edit:
check this
https://code.sololearn.com/clw81Jh6mqNM/?ref=app

it print 256 times

Answer 2

SELVANITHISH SELVANITHISH it is going to be 2 raised to power 8
because its doubling itself at every run

Answer 3

a will be printed 256 times..

Answer 4

Oops!!! i didn't realize the counting increased..Thanks friends.. It's Helped 😊

Answer 5

AKSHAY i got it but.. How's that actually work... Why not 16?