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What is the output?

cnt = 0
while (cnt < 8):
-> cnt = cnt + 3
print (cnt, end= "")

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Final answer:

The output of the provided Python code's while loop is 9, after the loop increments the value of cnt from 0 by 3 on each iteration until it is no longer less than 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks for the output of the given Python while loop. Running the loop, we start with cnt equal to 0. Each iteration of the loop increases cnt by 3. The loop runs as long as cnt is less than 8. Therefore, the sequence of values cnt will take on is 0, 3, and 6. After the value 6, adding 3 will result in 9, which is not less than 8, hence the loop will terminate and the last value printed will be 9. There is a syntax error in the print statement: the end= parameter should be a string, like end="". Assuming this minor error is corrected, the final output of the script, when it stops running, will be 9 without any newline character or space due to end="".

The code you provided uses a while loop to repeatedly execute a block of code as long as a condition is true.

In this case, the loop will continue as long as the variable cnt is less than 8.

Inside the loop, the value of cnt is incremented by 3, and then printed with the print function.

The output of this coe will be: 3 6 9.

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