Python (int) and (int,)

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Why type((1)) is int and not a tuple? Whereas type((1,)) gives tuple.

The (1,) syntax is the way to indicate a tuple of one element. (1) is simply 1 which is an integer. — quamrana, Sep 22 '19 at 17:16
Putting parentheses around something doesn't make it a tuple. — khelwood, Sep 22 '19 at 17:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '19 at 17:20

That's also an answer to the question why we should use commas while defining a tuple with one value. Because tuples are not like lists which is unique in a way that we define it (using squared brackets) we have to add the comma to the value. In the first one type((1)) inner paranthesis have no effect, so it's just a basic integer nothing else. Like when you define expressions in paranthesis to give them priority. Hope it helps :)

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 22 '19 at 18:11

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Python compiler treated (1) as 1 because of that it is showing as int. that is inbuilt behavior of python compiler.

>>> a = (1)
>>> print(a)
1
>>> a = (1,)
>>> print(a)
(1,)

edited Sep 22 '19 at 18:11

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Python (int) and (int,)

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