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Select the correct answerWhat will be the output of the following Python code?import collectionsct=dict()ct=collections.defaultdict(int)print(ct[2])Options0‘ ‘An exception is thrown1

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Select the correct answerWhat will be the output of the following Python code?import collectionsct=dict()ct=collections.defaultdict(int)print(ct[2])Options0‘ ‘An exception is thrown1

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The correct answer is 0.

Here's the step by step explanation:

  1. The collections module in Python provides alternatives to built-in container data types (like dict, list, set, and tuple).

  2. collections.defaultdict is a dict subclass that calls a factory function to supply missing values. In other words, it does not raise a KeyError when you try to access a non-existent key. Instead, it initializes it with the element of the data type that you pass as an argument at the creation of defaultdict.

  3. In this case, collections.defaultdict(int) is used, which means that if a key is not found in the dictionary, then instead of a KeyError being thrown, a new entry is created. The key is the missing element, and the value is the default value of int, which is 0.

  4. So, when you try to print ct[2], it will print 0 because 2 is not an existing key in the dictionary, and the default value for int is 0.

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