Tuples — Question 6

Question 6

What would following statements print? Given that we have tuple= ('t', 'p', 'l')

1. print("tuple")
2. print(tuple("tuple"))
3. print(tuple)

Answer

1. print("tuple") ⇒ tuple
   It will simply print the item inside the print statement as it is of string type.
2. print(tuple("tuple")) ⇒ it will throw error.
   TypeError: 'tuple' object is not callable
   This is because the variable "tuple" is being used to define a tuple, and then is being used again as if it were a function. This causes python to throw the error as now we are using tuple object as a function but it is already defined as a tuple.
3. print(tuple) ⇒ ('t', 'p', 'l')
   It will return the actual value of tuple.