[sai_saketh92]

what is the difference between tuple and list

[atraub]

A tuple is immutable. This means that once the tuple is created, you can't add or remove elements from it, however, tuples can be processed more quickly.

Lists are mutable, you can add or remove elements from a list at any time.

When in doubt, use a list.

tuples are declared like this:

a = (1,2,3,) #The extra comma is on purpose!

Lists are declared like this:

a = [1,2,3]

This post has been edited by atraub: 14 May 2012 - 05:52 AM

[k3y]

sai_saketh92, on 14 May 2012 - 04:36 AM, said:

what is the difference between tuple and list

Here ya go
http://lmgtfy.com/?q...uple+and+a+list

[AdamSpeight2008]

A Tuple can be made up of different datatypes

("String", 0,)

[Simown]

So can lists:

["Another String", 1, 6.235]

[AdamSpeight2008]

All the examples I seen make it look like that can only handle a single "type".

Dynamic typing argh
I'm more a statically typed, with a dash of functional coder.
I use a statically typed language where it immutable be default (mutability has stated explicitly).
So lists can be Immutable or mutable, but they can only contain objects of a particular specified type or a derivative of it.

Spoiler

Nemerle used:

 def l = []; /* empty list */
 def l0 = [1;2;3]; /* immutable list of integers */
 mutable l1 = [1;2;3]; /* mutable list of integers */
 def tup0 = (1,2);     /* tuple of int * int */
 def tup1 = ("a",2);  /* tuple of string * int */
 def l2 = [ ("a",1), ("b",2), ("c",3) ]; /* list of string * int tuples */ 

This post has been edited by AdamSpeight2008: 17 July 2012 - 03:49 PM

[atraub]

Why would you resurrect a post that's been dead for two months just to add a lmgtfy link?

This post has been edited by atraub: 17 July 2012 - 07:52 PM