Accessing Elements

Accessing items

You access items in a tuple the same way as a list — by index, using square brackets:


point = (100, 200)
print(point[0])  # Output: 100
print(point[1])  # Output: 200

The first item is at index 0, not 1. A tuple with 3 items has indexes 0, 1, and 2.

Negative indexes work too — -1 is the last item:


color = (255, 128, 0)
print(color[-1])  # Output: 0
print(color[-2])  # Output: 128

You can assign each item in a tuple to its own variable all at once. This is called unpacking:


point = (100, 200)
x, y = point
print(x)  # Output: 100
print(y)  # Output: 200

This is really common with tuples since they usually represent related values that each have a clear meaning.

You cannot change, add, or remove items in a tuple after it’s created:


point = (100, 200)
point[0] = 50  # Error! Tuples can't be changed

If you need a collection you can modify, use a list instead.

len() works the same as with lists — it returns how many items are in the tuple:


color = (255, 128, 0)
print(len(color))  # Output: 3

main.py

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