Prediction of setTimeout Output | Dataford Interview Questions

Given the code below, predict the output: console.log("first"); setTimeout(() => console.log("second"), 0);

Asked in the Technical 3 stage. Determine the order in which the two strings are printed, considering JavaScript's event loop.

Input and Output

The function receives the code snippet as a string and returns an ordered list of printed strings. The input represents this exact snippet, and the expected output is ['first', 'second'].

Constraints

source represents the provided JavaScript snippet
The timer delay is zero milliseconds
The output contains exactly two strings

Function Signature

def predict_output(source):

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