Discover challenging Python brain teasers that test your skills and stretch your thinking. Gain insights into advanced concepts and enhance your understanding of this versatile language.

Forget Scrabble, Boggle, or Wordle. Tease your mind and test your skills with these fun brain teasers designed to stretch your thinking and expand your understanding of one of the most widely used languages out there. 

Python is simple. These puzzles are not. Good luck!

Python Brain Teasers

# Try it yourself
Try executing the code below to verify the result:

# Explanation
You might have expected the correct answer to be `1.21`, which is the correct answer mathematically. When seeing this or similar output, some new developers go to the message boards and say, “We found a bug in Python!” The reply from seasoned Python users is usually, “Read the manual.”
 
The basic idea behind this is that floating points sacrifice accuracy for speed (essentially, they cheat). We shouldn’t be surprised, though. It’s a trade-off that happens often in computer science.




Let’s find out how floating-point arithmetic works in Python.

Before We Begin

Python Puzzles

Wrapping Up

Puzzle 9: Explanation

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Explanation