6 Exclusive List and Tuple Differences in Python

Here're the quick differences between Tuple and List in Python. These are helpful for interviews and your project.

Tuple and List differences

List

• Comma-separated elements inside a square bracket [] make a list.
• The elements are indexed, which starts from '0'
• These you need to enclose in a single quote and separate by a comma.
• It can contain another list, which is called a NESTED list.
• Use type() function to get the type of data it is.
• The list is mutable (you can change the data). The objects (elements) can be of different data types. Here're examples on the List.

Tuple

• The elements comma-separated and enclosed in parenthesis () 
• The elements are indexed, which starts from '0'
• It can have heterogeneous data (integer, float, string, list, etc.)
• It is immutable. So you can't change the elements.
• Use the type() function to get the type of data it is. 
• Here're examples of Tuple.

List Example

#Illustration of creating a list 

new_list=[1, 2, 3, 4] 

print(new_list) 

# Homogeneous data elements 

new_list1=[1, "John", 55.5] 

print(new_list1) 

# Heterogeneous data elements 

new_list2=[111, [1, "Clara", 75.5]] 

# Nested list 

print(new_list2)

Output

[1, 2, 3, 4]
[1, ‘John’, 55.5]
[111, [1, ‘Clara’, 75.5]]

Tuple Example

#Illustration of unpacking a tuple 

 new_tuple2=(111, [1, "Clara", 75.5], (2, "Simon", 80.5)) 

# Nested tuple 

print(new_tuple2) x, y, z=new_tuple2 

print(x) 

print(y) 

print(z) 

Output

111
[1, ‘Clara’, 75.5]
(2, ‘Simon’, 80.5)