A tuple is very much like a list, except for the fact that its elements are fixed; that is, once a tuple is created, you cannot add new elements, delete elements, replace elements, or reorder the elements in the tuple.

Creating a tuple

• empty tuple

tuple = ( )

• tuple with integer elements

tuple = (2, 3, 4 )

• tuple with string elements

tuple = ("hello", "all")

• nested tuple

tuple = (("hello", "all"), (2, 4, 5))

• tuple with mixed type elements

tuple = ("hi", 3, 4.0)

• tuple with a single element

tuple = (1, )

When a tuple has only one element, we must put a comma after the element, otherwise python will not treat it as a tuple.

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Built-in tuple functions

• len() : To find the length of a tuple.
• max() : To find the largest element in a tuple.
• min() : To find the smallest element in a tuple.
• sum() : To find the sum of all elements in a tuple.

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  Tuple operators

• Index operator : To access an element in a tuple from its index. Python also allows the use of negative numbers as indexes to reference positions relative to the end of a tuple.

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• Slicing operator : The slicing operator returns a slice of the tuple using the syntax tuple[start : end]. The slice is a sub-tuple from start index to index end – 1.

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• Concatenation operator (+) : To concatenate or join two tuples.

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• Repetition operator (*) : To replicate elements in a tuple or create a duplicate of all tuple elements.

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• in and not in operator : To check for the presence of an element in a tuple.

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• Operators for comparing tuples : (>, >=, <, <=, ==, and !=)

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  Lists vs Tuples

• Lists are mutable whereas tuples are immutable.
• Lists consume more memory space as compared to tuples.
• Lists have comparatively greater number of built-in methods and functions.
• Lists have variable length whereas tuples have fixed length.
• Operations on tuples have smaller size than that of lists, making it a bit faster.

Happy coding !!