Python Tuples

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What does the following code print? something = (1, "bob", True) print(something)	`(1, 'bob', True)` is printed. `(1, 'bob', True)` is referred to as a tuple. Tuples are ordered collections of items that are immutable. Tuples are similar to lists, but lists are mutable and tuples are immutable.
What does the following code print? letters = ("a", "g", "f") print(letters[1])	`"g"` is printed. The `letters` tuple has three items. We use indexing to return the item in position 1 of the tuple. Tuples are ordered collections so indexing can be used. Remember that unordered connections like dictionaries and sets cannot be indexed.
What does the following code print? letters = ("a", "g", "f") print(letters[-1])	`"f"` is printed. Negative indexing can be used to fetch items from the end of the tuple. -1 is the last position in the tuple, -2 is the second to last position in the tuple, and so forth.
What does the following code print? clothes = ("sock", "belt", "hat") clothes[0] = "pants" print(clothes)	This code raises a TypeError with the following message: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment. Tuples are immutable so items in a tuple cannot be replaced.
What does the following code print? t1 = ("a",) t2 = ("b",) t3 = t1 + t2 print(t3)	`('a', 'b')` is printed. The `+` operator performs concatenation when both the operands are tuples. The `+` operator returns a new tuple - it doesn't modify `t1` or `t2`. Tuples are immutable and cannot be modified. Single element tuples like `t1` and `t2` must be defined with a trailing comma to differentiate them from normal strings.
What does the following code print? phones = ("iphone", "samsung", "iphone") print(phones.count("iphone"))	`2` is printed. The `count()` method returns the number of times an item is present in a tuple.
What does the following code print? heaters = ("oven", "stove") print("microwave" in heaters)	`False` is printed. The `in` operator returns `False` if the left operand is not present in the tuple. `"microwave"` is not in the `heaters` tuple.
What does the following code print? happy_stuff = ("smile", "laugh", "sing") for word in happy_stuff: print(f"I like to {word}")	The following lines are printed: I like to smile I like to laugh I like to sing `for` loops can be used to iterate over every item in a tuple.
What does the following code print? print(any((False, False, False)))	`False` is printed. `any()` returns `False` when all the tuple items are `False`.
What does the following code print? print(any((False, True, False)))	`True` is printed. `any()` returns `True` when one of more of the tuple items are `True`.
What does the following code print? print(min((90, 4, 88)))	`4` is printed. The `min()` method takes a tuple as an argument and returns the smallest item in the tuple.