Introduction to Tuples - Concepts

A tuple is an ordered sequence of elements of different data types, such as integer, float, string, list or even a tuple. 

• Elements of a tuple are enclosed in parenthesis (round brackets) and are separated by commas. 
• Like list and string, elements of a tuple can be accessed using index values, starting from 0.  
• If there is only a single element in a tuple then the element should be followed by a comma. If we assign the value without a comma it is treated as integer. 
• It should be noted that a sequence without parenthesis is treated as tuple by default.

Examples:

• tuple1 = (1,2,3,4,5)
• tuple2 = ('Mathematics',87,'Accountancy',78)
• tuple3 = (10,20,30,[40,50])
• tuple4 = (1,2,3,4,5,(10,20))
• tuple5 = 1,2,3

Accessing elements in a Tuple

Elements of a tuple can be accessed using indexing or slicing.

Examples:

Tuple is Immutable

Tuple is an immutable data type . It means that the elements of a tuple cannot be changed after it has been created. An attempt to do this would lead to an error. However an element of a tuple may be of mutable type.