What is the difference between a python tuple and python list?

Question

Can anyone explain the difference between a python tuple and python list?

Answer 1

The main difference between tuple and list is mutability. Lists are mutable i.e. the list can be modified whereas a tuple is immutable i.e. tuple cannot be changed after creating.

In the following example, we can see how to override the first element of the list

a = [“apples”, “mangoes”, “oranges”]

a[0] = “berries”

a

The expected output for the above code will be:

>>>a

[“berries”, “mangoes”, “oranges”]

We will get an error stating tuple object does not support the assignment if we try to modify the first element of tuples.

b = (“apples”, “mangoes”, “oranges”)

b[0] = “berries”

b

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