Week 14 - Tuples

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Mia, Ava, and Mason are having a debate about Python data structures. Mia says both lists and tuples are mutable, Ava thinks lists are mutable whereas tuples are immutable, and Mason believes both lists and tuples are immutable. Who is correct?

Back

Ava: List is mutable whereas tuples are immutable.

Front

If the number 3 is the clue to the next location in the tuple c = ((7,5),(5,8),(0,-1),(4,3)), how would they refer to it?

Back

c[3][1]

Front

What is the index of the empty tuple y = () created by Luna?

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There is none. It is an empty tuple

Front

Anika, Nora, and Mia are having a debate. Anika says you can have an empty tuple z = () and an empty string w = []. Nora and Mia are not sure. Who is correct?

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Anika

Front

Given a = "Hello world", what does list(a) do in Python?

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It creates a list where each character is an item.

Front

Liam, Lily, and Benjamin are having a debate. Liam thinks you can have lists inside of tuples and vice versa, but Lily and Benjamin aren't so sure. Who do you think is correct?

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Liam

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Which Python statement would replace the second element ('bar') in the tuple t = ('They', 'bar', 'have', 'a', 'pepper') with the string 'quiznos'? Options: t[1] = 'quiznos', t(1) = 'quiznos', t[1:1] = 'quiznos', It's a trick question—tuples can't be modified.

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It's a trick question—tuples can't be modified.

Front

David, Ethan, and Mason are having a friendly competition to see who can count the number of elements in a list the fastest. Which function should they use to win the competition?

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len( )

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Sophia, Ava, and Noah are having a friendly debate about Python. They made several statements, but one of them is NOT correct. Can you spot it? Sophia said: 'A list is mutable.' Ava claimed: 'A tuple is immutable.' Noah mentioned: 'The append function is used to add an element.' Sophia argued: 'The extend function adds an element to a tuple.'

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The extend function adds an element to a tuple.

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Maya shows a data structure: a=[(1,1),(2,4),(3,9)]. What type of data is this?

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List of tuples