Access Tuple Items
You can access tuple items by referring to the index number, inside square brackets:
Example
Print the second item in the tuple:
thistuple = (“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”)
print(thistuple[1])
Output:
banana
Note: The first item has index 0.
Negative Indexing
Negative indexing means start from the end.
-1 refers to the last item, -2 refers to the second last item etc.
Example
Print the last item of the tuple:
thistuple = (“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”)
print(thistuple[-1])
Output:
cherry
Range of Indexes
You can specify a range of indexes by specifying where to start and where to end the range.
When specifying a range, the return value will be a new tuple with the specified items.
Example
Return the third, fourth, and fifth item:
thistuple = (“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”, “orange”, “kiwi”, “melon”, “mango”)
print(thistuple[2:5])
Output:
(‘cherry’, ‘orange’, ‘kiwi’)
Note: The search will start at index 2 (included) and end at index 5 (not included).
Remember that the first item has index 0.
By leaving out the start value, the range will start at the first item:
Example
This example returns the items from the beginning to, but NOT included, “kiwi”:
thistuple = (“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”, “orange”, “kiwi”, “melon”, “mango”)
print(thistuple[:4])
Output:
(‘apple’, ‘banana’, ‘cherry’, ‘orange’)
By leaving out the end value, the range will go on to the end of the list:
Example
This example returns the items from “cherry” and to the end:
thistuple = (“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”, “orange”, “kiwi”, “melon”, “mango”)
print(thistuple[2:])
Output:
(‘cherry’, ‘orange’, ‘kiwi’, ‘melon’, ‘mango’)
Range of Negative Indexes
Specify negative indexes if you want to start the search from the end of the tuple:
Example
This example returns the items from index -4 (included) to index -1 (excluded)
thistuple = (“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”, “orange”, “kiwi”, “melon”, “mango”)
print(thistuple[-4:-1])
#Negative indexing means starting from the end of the tuple.
#This example returns the items from index -4 (included) to index -1 (excluded)
#Remember that the last item has the index -1,
Output:
(‘orange’, ‘kiwi’, ‘melon’)
Check if Item Exists
To determine if a specified item is present in a tuple use the in keyword:
Example
Check if “apple” is present in the tuple:
thistuple = (“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”)
if “apple” in thistuple:
print(“Yes, ‘apple’ is in the fruits tuple”)
Output:
Yes, ‘apple’ is in the fruits tuple