Tuples

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#It looks like a list but it's immutable (can't be modified)
myTuple = (1,'Hello',3,6)

print 'Last element in myTuple is: {x} '.format(x = myTuple[-1])


    

    




Last element in myTuple is: 3 

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myTuple = (1,'Hello',3,6,3)

#find index of a certain value
idx = myTuple.index(3)
print 'Index of 3 is: {x}'.format(x = idx)

#Count repetition of a value in tuple
numRepeat = myTuple.count(3)
print 'Number of repetation of 3 is: {x}'.format(x = numRepeat)


    

    




Index of 3 is: 2
Number of repetation of 3 is: 2

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# Tuple Immutability
l = [1,2,3,5]
t = (1,2,3,5)

print 'list is: {x}'.format(x = l)
l[0] = 'Hello'
print 'list after modification is: {x}'.format(x = l)

print 'tuple is: {x}'.format(x = t)
t[0] = 'Hello' #will not work
print 'tuple after modification is: {x}'.format(x = t)