Name: Create a Tuple in Python
Uploaded: 2020-07-02T16:37:50-05:00
Description: Learn how to create a tuple in Python. A tuple is an immutable data type that contains several items similar to a list. Items in a tuple can be of any data type.

Create a Tuple in Python

Create a One Item Tuple in Python

Understand Immutability with Python Tuples

The Ins and Outs of Python Tuples

Learn how to create a tuple in Python. A tuple is an immutable data type that contains several items similar to a list. Items in a tuple can be of any data type.

https://app.egghead.io/api/v1/lessons/python-create-a-tuple-in-python/subtitles

Instructor: [0:01] Let's start by entering to the Python REPL using the Python 3 command. We can create our tuple by first assigning it the variable name, myTuple.

[0:11] Tuples are defined using parentheses. Since items within tuples do not have to be the same data type, I'm going to fill this tuple with information about myself, starting with my first and last name, which are both strings.

[0:22] I'm also going to include a small list of my favorite numbers, 8, 12, and 24, and I'm going to end it with the current year, 2020, which is an integer. We can type myTuple into the REPL for the values inside to be returned back to us. We can use the type() method to check the type of myTuple and as it should, it returns back to us class tuple.

Create a Tuple in Python

Share this video with your friends

Course

The Ins and Outs of Python Tuples