Review the code snippet below:
name1 = "Betty joe"name2 = "Betty Jean"name3 = "Betty Jane"if name1

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Review the code snippet below:
name1 = "Betty joe"name2 = "Betty Jean"name3 = "Betty Jane"if name1 < name2 :   if name1 < name3 :       print(name1, "is first")   else :       print(name3, "is first")else :   if name2 < name3 :      print(name2, "is first")   else :      print(name3, "is first") 
what output is produced?

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The task presents a Python-style code snippet that compares three string variables and prints which name is first according to lexicographic order.
First, identify the values: name1 = "Betty joe", name2 = "Betty Jean", name3 = "Betty Jane".
Next, evaluate the top-level condition: if name1 < name2. Here, string comparison is case-sensitive and uses the ASCII/Unicode code point order. After the common prefix "Betty ", the next characters are 'j' in name1 and 'J' in name2. Because lowercase 'j' has a higher code point than uppercase 'J', the comparison name1 < name2 evaluates to False. This moves us into the else branch.
In the else branch, we examine: if name2 < name3. Both strings start with "Betty J"; the decisive characters appear in the following positions: in name2 the sequence is "Jean" and in name3 it is "Jane". Comparing second characters after the shared prefix 'J' gives 'e' (from "Jean") versus 'a' (from "Jane"). Since 'e' > 'a', name2 < name3 is False, so we take the else inside this inner branch and print name3 with "is first".
Thus, the flow selects name3 as the first in order, leading to the printed output that corresponds to the value of name3 followed by the string "is first".
If you examine the textual content of the print statement, you’d expect it to display name3 plus the label, separated by a space, exactly as written in the code. The comparison logic hinges on the case sensitivity of the characters and on the usual lexicographic ordering rules.
Note: The provided answer options field is empty in this data, so there is no list of alternative outputs to evaluate here. Given the branch decisions, the code path chosen is the one that ultimately references name3 when name2 is not less than name3, which is aligned with the lexical comparison outcome described above.

Fal25_CS003C_74229 Ch. 3 Pre-Quiz (Remotely Proctored)

Review the code snippet below: name1 = "Betty joe"name2 = "Betty Jean"name3 = "Betty Jane"if name1 < name2 : if name1 < name3 : print(name1, "is first") else : print(name3, "is first")else : if name2 < name3 : print(name2, "is first") else : print(name3, "is first") what output is produced?

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