>>> tuple = ('A',) + tuple[1:]
>>> tuple
>('A', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e')
>
> How does tuple = ('A',) + tuple[1:] this work ????
>
> Please explain me with an example
OK, we will use the example you gave us!
tuple is a bad name since Python has an internal type
called tuple usd for converting a list etc to a tuple so
I'll use t1:
>>> t1 = ('a','b','c','d','e')
>>> t2 = ('A',) + t1[1:]
We construct a new tuple by creating a single element
tuple ('A',) and adding to it the contents of the original
tuple starting with the second element (t1[1:]). We can
add tuples together quite easily:
>>> t3 = (1,2,3) + (4,5,6)
>>> t3
(1,2,3,4,5,6)
The result is a new tuple. The only difference in your
example is that instead of using a new name (t2) you
replaced the original tuple with the new one in t1. This
is just the same as when you do
x = x +1
Now which specific bit of that did you not understand
and we can expand on it if necessary?
Alan G
Author of the learn to program web tutor
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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