Basic Tuples Operations in Python

Tuples respond to the + and * operators much like strings; they mean concatenation and repetition here too, except that the result is a new tuple, not a string.

In fact, tuples respond to all of the general sequence operations we used on strings in the prior chapter −

Basic Tuple Operations

Examples

Length Operation

The len() function returns the number of elements in a tuple ?

numbers = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
print(len(numbers))

5

Concatenation Operation

The + operator combines two tuples to create a new tuple ?

tuple1 = (1, 2, 3)
tuple2 = (4, 5, 6)
result = tuple1 + tuple2
print(result)

(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Repetition Operation

The * operator repeats a tuple a specified number of times ?

greeting = ('Hello',)
repeated = greeting * 3
print(repeated)

('Hello', 'Hello', 'Hello')

Membership Operation

The in operator checks if an element exists in a tuple ?

colors = ('red', 'green', 'blue')
print('red' in colors)
print('yellow' in colors)

True
False

Iteration Operation

You can iterate through tuple elements using a for loop ?

fruits = ('apple', 'banana', 'orange')
for fruit in fruits:
    print(fruit)

apple
banana
orange

Conclusion

Tuples support all common sequence operations like concatenation, repetition, membership testing, and iteration. These operations create new tuples without modifying the original ones, maintaining tuple immutability.