The answer is D. The program prints:
IC
Why?
word[5:7] is a slice: it starts at position 5 and stops before position 7. Positions count from 0.
Trace table
A trace table follows the program step by step. Here’s this one:
| position | letter |
|---|---|
| 0 | R |
| 1 | O |
| 2 | B |
| 3 | O |
| 4 | T |
| 5 | I |
| 6 | C |
| 7 | S |
The code again
word = "ROBOTICS"
print(word[5:7])Try it: change one number in the program and predict the new output before you run it.