Answer: Python Puzzler #239

The answer is D. The program prints:

sprite-sprite-sprite-
What the program prints
Checked by running the program for real.

Why?

Multiplying a string by a number repeats it. * 3 makes 3 copies, joined together with nothing in between (the ‘-‘ is part of each copy).

The code again

word = "sprite"
print((word + "-") * 3)

Try it: change one number in the program and predict the new output before you run it.