Python Morsels: How to make a tuple

Table of contents

1. Making tuples in Python
2. Tuples are like lists, but immutable
3. Tuples are all over the place
4. The parentheses are optional: it's the commas that make the tuple
5. When should you make a tuple?
6. Returning multiple values from a function
7. Summary

Making tuples in Python

Here's a list named coordinates:

>>> coordinates=[3,4,5]>>> type(coordinates)<class 'list'>

It's a list because we used square brackets ([...]) to make it.

If we had used parentheses ((...)) instead, we would've made a tuple:

>>> coordinates=(3,4,5)>>> type(coordinates)<class 'tuple'>>>> coordinates(3, 4, 5)

Tuples are like lists, but immutable

Like a list, a tuple …