You are going to act as a Python interpreter. You will be given a valid python program below. Write down what you think the result of its execution would be. Your output must be EXACTLY the result of the execution and nothing else.
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def merge(list1, list2): 
    # create an empty list to store the result 
    mergedList = [] 
    # set two index pointers 
    i = 0  
    j = 0
    while (i < len(list1) and j < len(list2)): 
        if (list1[i] < list2[j]): 
            mergedList.append(list1[i]) 
            i += 1
        else: 
            mergedList.append(list2[j]) 
            j += 1

    # check for remaining elements 
    while (i < len(list1)): 
        mergedList.append(list1[i]) 
        i += 1

    while (j < len(list2)): 
        mergedList.append(list2[j]) 
        j += 1
  
    return mergedList 
  
# Driver code 
list1 = [1, 3, 5, 8]
list2 = [2, 4, 6, 7]

# function call 
mergedList = merge(list1, list2) 

# print result 
print(mergedList)
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[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
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