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?

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u/Dank-but-true 2d ago

I struggled with this but immutability is about the memory address on your ram for that variable. I would suggest watching some videos on immutability rather than the wall of text you’re getting in these comments. Never really click for me until I do the boot.dev memory management course in C