Python-3.4.3/C3/Getting-started-with-tuples/English

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Show Slide: Title	Welcome to the tutorial on Getting Started with tuples.
Show Slide Objectives	In this tutorial we will: Understand what tuples are Compare tuples with lists Know why they are needed and Learn to use them.
Show Slide System Specifications	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 16.04 operating system Python 3.4.3 and IPython 5.1.0
Show Slide Pre-requisites	To practise this tutorial, you should know how to run basic Python commands on the ipython console use lists If not, see the relevant Python tutorials on this website.
Show slide Tuples in Python	First we will learn about tuples. Tuple is a collection of elements similar to a list. Tuple uses parentheses, whereas list uses square brackets. Elements of a tuple cannot be changed once it is assigned. But in a list, elements can be changed.
Show slide Tuple declaration (1, 2.5) and 1, 2.5 are same (1, ) and 1, are same ((1,),) and (1,), are same	Here are few examples for declaring tuples. Inside brackets 1, 2.5 is a tuple with two elements. The same can be declared as 1, 2.5. Inside brackets 1 comma is a tuple with one element The same can be declared as 1 comma Inside brackets again inside brackets 1 comma and outside bracket a comma is a tuple with one tuple as element. The same can be declared as inside brackets 1 comma and outside bracket a comma
Open the terminal	Let us start ipython. Open the terminal.
Type ipython3 and press Enter	Type ipython3 and press Enter. From here onwards, remember to press the Enter key after typing every command on the terminal.
Type, t = (1, 2.5, "hello", -4, "world", 1.24, 5)	Let's learn to create a tuple. Type, t is equal to inside brackets 1 comma 2.5 comma inside double quotes hello comma -4 comma inside double quotes world comma 1.24 comma 5
Type, t Highlight , and parentheses	Type, t It is similar to list except that parentheses are used instead of square brackets. At least one comma is mandatory for a tuple. The brackets are optional, but should be added for clarity.
t[3]	The items in the tuple can be accessed by their index positions. Type, t inside square brackets 3
t[1:5:2]	Type, t inside square brackets 1 colon 5 colon 2 It prints the corresponding slice.
t[2] = "Hello"	Now we try to change an element in the tuple. Type, t inside square brackets 2 is equal to inside double quotes Hello We can see that, it raises an error saying 'tuple object does not support item assignment'. It shows, elements of a tuple cannot be changed after it is created. This is called immutability.
for x in t: print(x)	We can iterate over tuples like lists. Type, for x in t colon print inside brackets x It prints each elements of the tuple t . <<PAUSE>>
	Pause the video. Try this exercise and then resume the video.
Show Slide Exercise 1	Let us look at a simple problem of swapping values. Given, a is equal to 5 and b is equal to 7, swap the values of a and b.
Switch terminal	Switch to the terminal for the solution
Type, a = 5 b = 7 a b	Type, a is equal to 5 b is equal to 7 Then type, a Type, b
Type, temp = a a = b b = temp a b Highlight the outputs	We now create a variable say, temp and swap the values using this variable. Type temp is equal to a a is equal to b b is equal to temp Then type, a Type, b We can see that the values are successfully swapped now. But this is the traditional approach.
Type, a = 5 b = 7 a, b = b, a a b	Now let us do it in the python way. Type a is equal to 5 b is equal to 7 a, b is equal to b, a Now we will check whether the values are swapped. Type, a Type, b We see that the values are swapped easily.
Type, a = 2.5 b = "hello" a, b = b, a a b	We can also do this for different datatypes. Type, a is equal to 2.5 b is equal to inside double quotes hello a, b is equal to b, a Now to check the values, type, a Type, b <<PAUSE>>
Highlight a, b = b, a	This is possible because of the immutability of tuples. This is called tuple packing and unpacking. When you type, a comma b is equal to b comma a First the values of b and a are packed into a tuple on the right side. Then it is unpacked into the variables a and b.
5, Highlight the output	Let us first see about tuple packing. Type, 5 comma We can see a tuple with one element.
5, "hello", 2.5	Type, 5 comma inside double quotes hello comma 2.5 Now it is a tuple with three elements. When we type two or more elements separated by commas, those elements are packed into a tuple. Immutability of tuples ensures that the values are not changed during the packing and unpacking.
Show Slide Summary slide	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize. In this tutorial, we have learnt about, Tuples Similarities of tuples with lists Immutability of tuples and Concept of Packing and unpacking of tuples.
Show Slide Evaluation	Here are some self assessment questions for you to solve. Define a tuple containing two values as given below. The first value is integer 4 and the second value is float 2.5. If we type, a is equal to 5 comma then what is the datatype of a? If we type, a is equal to inside brackets 2 comma 3a inside square brackets 0 comma a inside square brackets 1 is equal to inside brackets 3 comma 4What is the output?
Show Slide Solutions	And the answers, A tuple is defined by enclosing parentheses around a sequence of items separated by commas. Hence, we write our tuple as, inside brackets 4 comma 2.5 Since the given data is 5 followed by a comma, it is a tuple The given operation will give a TypeError. Because tuples are immutable.
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Show Slide Thank You	This is Priya from IIT Bombay signing off. Thanks for watching.

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