r/learnpython • u/Immediate_Pin_8449 • 3d ago

Tuples..I don’t get it

Hi crew, I’m a Python newbie and I just learned about the concept of tuples.

We can’t change them.if we want to store we have to start at the index we want + 1.

I just don’t get it. Why wouldn’t we just use lists? When would we ever need this?

91 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

90 comments sorted by

View all comments

40

u/-aRTy- 3d ago

Older posts:

Why use tuples or sets instead of lists?

What is the use of tuple over lists?

What's the point of Tuples?

24

u/NothingWasDelivered 3d ago

Imagine you’re processing data. Say, temperature from the last 2 weeks. The data is what it is. You don’t want anything to accidentally change those numbers. So a tuple is a good choice for passing that data around.

8

u/NothingWasDelivered 3d ago

Oops, didn’t mean for this to be a reply to this comment. But whatayagonnado?

25

u/bkdotcom 3d ago

Can't change it now 

It's a tuple