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"""Tuples.

@see: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_tuples.asp

@see: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#tuples-and-sequences

A tuple is a collection which is ordered and unchangeable. In Python tuples are written with

round brackets.

The Tuples have following properties:

- You cannot change values in a tuple.

- You cannot remove items in a tuple.

"""

import pytest

def test_tuples():

"""Tuples"""

fruits_tuple = ("apple", "banana", "cherry")

assert isinstance(fruits_tuple, tuple)

assert fruits_tuple[0] == "apple"

assert fruits_tuple[1] == "banana"

assert fruits_tuple[2] == "cherry"

# You cannot change values in a tuple.

with pytest.raises(Exception):

# pylint: disable=unsupported-assignment-operation

fruits_tuple[0] = "pineapple"

# It is also possible to use the tuple() constructor to make a tuple (note the double

# round-brackets).

# The len() function returns the length of the tuple.

fruits_tuple_via_constructor = tuple(("apple", "banana", "cherry"))

assert isinstance(fruits_tuple_via_constructor, tuple)

assert len(fruits_tuple_via_constructor) == 3

# It is also possible to omit brackets when initializing tuples.

another_tuple = 12345, 54321, 'hello!'

assert another_tuple == (12345, 54321, 'hello!')

# Tuples may be nested:

nested_tuple = another_tuple, (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

assert nested_tuple == ((12345, 54321, 'hello!'), (1, 2, 3, 4, 5))

# As you see, on output tuples are always enclosed in parentheses, so that nested tuples are

# interpreted correctly; they may be input with or without surrounding parentheses, although

# often parentheses are necessary anyway (if the tuple is part of a larger expression). It is

# not possible to assign to the individual items of a tuple, however it is possible to create

# tuples which contain mutable objects, such as lists.

# A special problem is the construction of tuples containing 0 or 1 items: the syntax has some

# extra quirks to accommodate these. Empty tuples are constructed by an empty pair of

# parentheses; a tuple with one item is constructed by following a value with a comma (it is

# not sufficient to enclose a single value in parentheses). Ugly, but effective. For example:

empty_tuple = ()

# pylint: disable=len-as-condition

assert len(empty_tuple) == 0

# pylint: disable=trailing-comma-tuple

singleton_tuple = 'hello', # <-- note trailing comma

assert len(singleton_tuple) == 1

assert singleton_tuple == ('hello',)

# The following example is called tuple packing:

packed_tuple = 12345, 54321, 'hello!'

# The reverse operation is also possible.

first_tuple_number, second_tuple_number, third_tuple_string = packed_tuple

assert first_tuple_number == 12345

assert second_tuple_number == 54321

assert third_tuple_string == 'hello!'

# This is called, appropriately enough, sequence unpacking and works for any sequence on the

# right-hand side. Sequence unpacking requires that there are as many variables on the left

# side of the equals sign as there are elements in the sequence. Note that multiple assignment

# is really just a combination of tuple packing and sequence unpacking.

# Swapping using tuples.

# Data can be swapped from one variable to another in python using

# tuples. This eliminates the need to use a 'temp' variable.

first_number = 123

second_number = 456

first_number, second_number = second_number, first_number

assert first_number == 456

assert second_number == 123

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