Can someone please explain the difference between tuple and list?

Answer 1

Similarities:
1. Both are collections of elements of same or different types.
2. Subscriptable.
3. Iterable.
4. Sliceable.
5. Can be created by comprehension expressions.

Differences:
1. Lists are mutable (its elements can be changed), while tuples are not.
2. Tuples can thus be dictionary keys, while lists may not.
3. Lists can also be expanded or shrunk (add or remove elements), while tuples can't.

So when:
a = list(x for x in range(5))
b = tuple(for x in range(5))

a[0] = 88 👍

b[0] = 88 👎

Hope this helps! ;)

Answer 2

The difference between lists and tuples is that a list is mutable and tuples are immutable. The main difference between mutable and immutable is memory usage when you are trying to append an item. When you create a variable, some fixed memory is assigned to the variable. If it is a list, more memory is assigned than actually used.

Reference: stackoverflow.com -> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://stackoverflow.com/q/626759&ved=0ahUKEwj06dnr4trYAhVR3mMKHbCmBcsQFgggMAE&usg=AOvVaw2NfTzT2hS9XJ7xtNF3Ml0f

Answer 3

Thank you both!