If there is a list like this:
lst = [('this', 4, 3), ('that', 9, 3), ('those', 2, 6)]
What every element of this list is?
'this' - is a string
4 - is an integer
And this? ('this', 4, 3)
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Natasha Lazovskaya
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11[`tuple`](https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/datastructures.html#tuples-and-sequences) – EdChum Oct 28 '16 at 14:37
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1http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1708510/python-list-vs-tuple-when-to-use-each – Martin Gottweis Oct 28 '16 at 14:39
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A list which contains 3 tuples. – N Randhawa Oct 28 '16 at 14:41
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You could have iterated over the list can called `print(type(x))` to find out what they were – EdChum Oct 28 '16 at 14:54
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It is a tuple. A tuple is a sequence of immutable Python objects. Tuples are sequences, just like lists. The differences between tuples and lists are, the tuples cannot be changed unlike lists and tuples use parentheses, whereas lists use square brackets.
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2Technically, tuples don't exactly get made by parentheses. See http://stackoverflow.com/q/16017811/10077 – Fred Larson Oct 28 '16 at 14:44