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assertions2

Language/Type: Python assertions logic
Author: Allison Obourn (on 2016/10/24)

For each of the five points labeled by comments, identify each of the assertions in the table below as either being always true, never true, or sometimes true / sometimes false. 

def mystery2(x):
    y = 1
    z = 0

    # Point A
    while y <= x:
        # Point B
        y = y * 2
        z += 1

        # Point C
    
    # Point D
    z -= 1

    # Point E
    return z

Fill in each box of the the table below with ALWAYS, NEVER or SOMETIMES.

y > x z < 0 z > 0
Point A
Point B
Point C
Point D
Point E

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