Difference between List and Tuples in Python.

List

List is a container to contain different types of objects and is used to iterate objects.

Example

list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']

Tuple is also similar to list but contains immutable objects. Tuple processing is faster than List.

Example

tuples = ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e')

Following are the important differences between List and Tuple.

Sr. No.	Key	List	Tuple
1	Type	List is mutable.	Tuple is immutable.
2	Iteration	List iteration is slower and is time consuming.	Tuple iteration is faster.
3	Appropriate for	List is useful for insertion and deletion operations.	Tuple is useful for readonly operations like accessing elements.
4	Memory Consumption	List consumes more memory.	Tuples consumes less memory.
5	Methods	List provides many in-built methods.	Tuples have less in-built methods.
6	Error prone	List operations are more error prone.	Tuples operations are safe.

Updated on 28-Nov-2019 10:34:59

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