Deleting a Tuple

A tuple in Python is immutable, meaning once it's created, you cannot change, add, or remove its elements. However, you can delete the entire tuple using the del statement.


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movies = ("Inception", "Interstellar", "Tenet", "Dunkirk", "Memento")

# Deleting the tuple
del movies

# Attempting to print the deleted tuple will raise an error
print(movies)

Removing Items

Note

Since tuples are immutable, you cannot directly remove items from them. However, you can work around this by converting the tuple into a list, modifying the list, and then converting it back into a tuple.


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movies = ("Inception", "Interstellar", "Tenet", "Dunkirk", "Memento")

# Convert the tuple to a list
movies_list = list(movies)

# Remove specific items
movies_list.remove("Tenet")
movies_list.remove("Dunkirk")

# Convert the list back to a tuple
movies = tuple(movies_list)

print(movies)

Task

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You want to remove the following genres: "Horror", "Thriller", and "Drama".

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Deleting a Tuple

A tuple in Python is immutable, meaning once it's created, you cannot change, add, or remove its elements. However, you can delete the entire tuple using the del statement.


              1234567
            
movies = ("Inception", "Interstellar", "Tenet", "Dunkirk", "Memento")

# Deleting the tuple
del movies

# Attempting to print the deleted tuple will raise an error
print(movies)

Removing Items

Note

Since tuples are immutable, you cannot directly remove items from them. However, you can work around this by converting the tuple into a list, modifying the list, and then converting it back into a tuple.


              12345678910111213
            
movies = ("Inception", "Interstellar", "Tenet", "Dunkirk", "Memento")

# Convert the tuple to a list
movies_list = list(movies)

# Remove specific items
movies_list.remove("Tenet")
movies_list.remove("Dunkirk")

# Convert the list back to a tuple
movies = tuple(movies_list)

print(movies)

Task

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Suppose you have the following tuple of movie genres:

You want to remove the following genres: "Horror", "Thriller", and "Drama".

Switch to desktop for real-world practiceContinue from where you are using one of the options below

Everything was clear?

Thanks for your feedback!

Section 3. Chapter 4

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