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What Are Lists and Tuples? What Is The Key Difference Between The Two?

Lists and tuples are both sequence data types that can store collections of objects in Python. The key difference is that lists are mutable, meaning they can be modified, appended, or sliced after being created. In contrast, tuples are immutable and cannot be changed after creation. This difference can be demonstrated by attempting to modify elements within each type.

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What Are Lists and Tuples? What Is The Key Difference Between The Two?

Lists and tuples are both sequence data types that can store collections of objects in Python. The key difference is that lists are mutable, meaning they can be modified, appended, or sliced after being created. In contrast, tuples are immutable and cannot be changed after creation. This difference can be demonstrated by attempting to modify elements within each type.

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What are lists and tuples? What is the key difference between the two?

Lists and Tuples are both sequence data types that can store a collection of objects in


Python. The objects stored in both sequences can have different data types. Lists are
represented with square brackets ['sara', 6, 0.19], while tuples are represented
with parantheses ('ansh', 5, 0.97).
But what is the real difference between the two? The key difference between the two is that
while lists are mutable, tuples on the other hand are immutable objects. This means that
lists can be modified, appended or sliced on-the-go but tuples remain constant and cannot be
modified in any manner. You can run the following example on Python IDLE to confirm the
difference:
my_tuple = ('sara', 6, 5, 0.97)
my_list = ['sara', 6, 5, 0.97]

print(my_tuple[0]) # output => 'sara'


print(my_list[0]) # output => 'sara'

my_tuple[0] = 'ansh' # modifying tuple => throws an error


my_list[0] = 'ansh' # modifying list => list modified

print(my_tuple[0]) # output => 'sara'


print(my_list[0]) # output => 'ansh'

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