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John
John

Reputation: 21927

Add another tuple to a tuple of tuples

I have the following tuple of tuples:

my_choices=(
         ('1','first choice'),
         ('2','second choice'),
         ('3','third choice')
)

and I want to add another tuple to the start of it

another_choice = ('0', 'zero choice')

How can I do this?

the result would be:

final_choices=(
             ('0', 'zero choice')
             ('1','first choice'),
             ('2','second choice'),
             ('3','third choice')
    )

Upvotes: 74

Views: 127955

Answers (6)

Martino Georgi Konstantnovich
Martino Georgi Konstantnovich

Reputation: 86

my_choices=(
         ('1','first choice'),
         ('2','second choice'),
         ('3','third choice')
)

new=('0','zero choice')

l=[item for item in my_choices]
l.insert(0,new)
my_choices=tuple(l)
print(my_choices)
  1. create a list from element of my_choices tuple
  2. Now you can insert the new tuple element at the first position (index 0)
  3. Create a new tuple from list named list and assign it to "my_choices"
  4. Print my_choices variable (a tuple of tuples)

Upvotes: 0

fanyak
fanyak

Reputation: 31

You could use the "unpacking operator" (*) to create a new tuple

tpl = ((2, 11), (3, 10),)

tpl = (*tpl, (5, 8))

print(tpl) #prints ((2, 11), (3, 10), (5, 8))

Upvotes: 3

whaley
whaley

Reputation: 16265

What you have is a tuple of tuples, not a list of tuples. Tuples are read only. Start with a list instead.

>>> my_choices=[
...          ('1','first choice'),
...          ('2','second choice'),
...          ('3','third choice')
... ]
>>> my_choices.insert(0,(0,"another choice"))
>>> my_choices
[(0, 'another choice'), ('1', 'first choice'), ('2', 'second choice'), ('3', 'third choice')]

list.insert(ind,obj) inserts obj at the provided index within a list... allowing you to shove any arbitrary object in any position within the list.

Upvotes: 2

Brendan
Brendan

Reputation: 19353

Alternatively, use the tuple concatenation

i.e.


final_choices = (another_choice,) + my_choices

Upvotes: 8

Katriel
Katriel

Reputation: 123632

Don't convert to a list and back, it's needless overhead. + concatenates tuples.

>>> foo = ((1,),(2,),(3,))
>>> foo = ((0,),) + foo
>>> foo
((0,), (1,), (2,), (3,))

Upvotes: 35

Daniel Stutzbach
Daniel Stutzbach

Reputation: 76667

Build another tuple-of-tuples out of another_choice, then concatenate:

final_choices = (another_choice,) + my_choices

Alternately, consider making my_choices a list-of-tuples instead of a tuple-of-tuples by using square brackets instead of parenthesis:

my_choices=[
     ('1','first choice'),
     ('2','second choice'),
     ('3','third choice')
]

Then you could simply do:

my_choices.insert(0, another_choice)

Upvotes: 78

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