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The slicing operator, the full colon is used to access a range of items in a tuple.
Example
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tuple_mine=[‘t’,’r’,’o’,’g’,’r’,’a’,’m’]
print(tuple_mine [2:5]) #Output: ‘o’,’g’,’r’,’a’
print(tuple_mine[:-4]) #’g’,’r’,’a’,’m’
Point to Note
Tuple elements are immutable meaning they cannot be changed. However, we can combine elements in a tuple using +(concatenation operator). We can also repeat elements in a tuple using the * operator, just like lists.
Example
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print((7, 45, 13) + (17, 25, 76))
print(("Several",) * 4)
Point to Note
Since we cannot change elements in tuple, we cannot delete the elements too. However removing the full tuple can be attained using the kwyword del.
Example
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t_mine=[‘t’,’k’,’q’,’v’,’y’,’c’,’d’]
del t_mine
