CME193: IntroductiontoScientificPython Lecture3: Tuples,sets ...

CME 193: Introduction to Scientific Python

Lecture 3: Tuples, sets, dictionaries and strings

Sven Schmit

stanford.edu/~schmit/cme193

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Contents

Tuples

Dictionaries

Sets

Strings

Modules

Exercises

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Tuples

Seemingly similar to lists

>>>

>>>

2

>>>

(2,

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myTuple = (1, 2, 3)

myTuple[1]

myTuple[1:3]

3)

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Tuples are immutable

Unlike lists, we cannot change elements.

>>> myTuple = ([1, 2], [2, 3])

>>> myTuple[0] = [3,4]

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "", line 1, in

TypeError: ��tuple�� object does not

support item assignment

>>> myTuple[0][1] = 3

>>> myTuple

([1, 3], [2, 3])

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Packing and unpacking

t = 1, 2, 3

x, y, z = t

print t

print y

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# (1, 2, 3)

# 2

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