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Question

What is the difference in list and tuples in python?

Answer 1

Tanvi Saxena ,

besides of what Afnan Irtesum Chowdhury mentioned, tuples are slightly faster in searching and lookup. this is due to how tuples and lists are stored in memory.

> tuples uses a continuous memory block.

> lists store pointers to list objects.

Answer 2

Lists are mutable(items can be changed after a list has been created).

Tuples are immutable(items can NOT be changed after a tuple has been created).

Example:

# list
my_list = ["Python", "C", "Java"]
my_list[1] = "C++" # valid

# tuple
my_tuple = ("Python", "C", "Java")
my_tuple[2] = "Kotlin" # TypeError: "tuple" object does not support item assignment

Answer 3

if you're not going to modify it, use tuples. otherwise, use list.

Answer 4

Hi