Tuples

Python Tuples are Immutable objects that cannot be changed once they have been created.

>>> t = ("tuples", "are", "immutable", 1996)
>>> t[0]
'tuples'
>>> t[0] = "New Value"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment

You can update an existing tuple by (re)assigning a variable to another tuple.

Tuples are faster than lists and protect your data against accidental changes to these data.

The rules for tuple indices are the same as for lists and they have the same operations, functions as well.

To write a tuple containing a single value, you have to include a comma, even though there is only one value. e.g. t = (3, )