Detailed explanation of Tuple data structure in the Python Programming language

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#CODE BEGINS

#tuples

tup1 = ('Hi',3.1416,125,[1,2,3])
tup2 = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
tup3 = ('a','b','c','d','f')
tup4 = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
mini = ('i')
l = ['l','m','n']

#Displays the entire tuple
print tup2,"\n"

#display selected elements
print "tup2[3] = ",tup2[3],"\n"

#Slicing
print "tup2[2:] = ",tup2[2:],"\n"

#Reversing a tuple
print tup3[::-1]

print "##########################################################"

##########################  TUPLE FUNCTIONS ################################33

#length of tuple
print "The length of tup1 = ",len(tup1),"\n"

#Comparision between two tuples
#Returns 1 if tup1 > tup2
#Returns 0 if tup1 == tup2
#Returns -1 if tup1 < tup2
print "The comaparision of tup2 and tup4 = ",cmp(tup2,tup4),"\n"
print "The comaparision of tup3 and tup4 = ",cmp(tup3,tup4),"\n"
print "The comaparision of tup4 and tup3 = ",cmp(tup4,tup3),"\n"

#MAX of two tuples
print "The maximum element in tup2 = ",max(tup2)
print "The maximum element in tup3 = ",max(tup3)

#MIN of two tuples
print "The minimum element in tup2 = ",min(tup2)
print "The miniimum element in tup3 = ",min(tup3)

#LIST to TUPLE conversion

tup5 = tuple(l)

print "\nThe converted tupple is: ",tup5,"\n"

#TUPLE to LIST conversion

l = list(tup5)
print "\nThe converted list is: ",l,"\n"
print "##########################################################"

#################   TUPLE OPERATIONS    ##########################

#TUPLE ADDITION
#METHOD 1 ----> ADDING TUPLES
tup6 = tup1 + tup2
print "The newly created tuple is:\t",tup6

#Method 2 -----> ADDING TUPLE VALUES
tup6 = (1,2,3) + (['a','b'],2.66,'l','m','n')
print "The newly created tuple is:\t",tup6

#REPEATING VALUES
r = int(input("How many times do you want to repeat?\n"))
print "\nThe repeated vales is:\t",mini*r

#Tuple Checking
print "To check if 2 is present in tup4:\t",2 in tup4

#Looping a tuple
for t in tup6:
    print t

####   CODE ENDS          ##############

The output of the above code would be:

(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

tup2[3] =  4

tup2[2:] =  (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

('f', 'd', 'c', 'b', 'a')

##########################################################

The length of tup1 =  4

The comaparision of tup2 and tup4 =  0

The comaparision of tup3 and tup4 =  1

The comaparision of tup4 and tup3 =  -1

The maximum element in tup2 =  10

The maximum element in tup3 =  f

The minimum element in tup2 =  1

The minimum element in tup3 =  a

The converted tupple is:  ('l', 'm', 'n')

The converted list is:  ['l', 'm', 'n']

##########################################################

The newly created tuple is:          ('Hi', 3.1416, 125, [1, 2, 3], 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

The newly created tuple is:          (1, 2, 3, ['a', 'b'], 2.66, 'l', 'm', 'n')

How many times do you want to repeat?

5

The repeated vales is:        iiiii

To check if 2 is present in tup4:   True

1

2

3

['a', 'b']

2.66

l

m

n