Modifying Python Tuples

Tuples are immutable, meaaning that once they are created you can't change them. You can, however, create a new tuple from an existing Tuple, and in doing so modify the result. This is generally achieved by converting the Tuple to a List, modifying the list, then converting back to a Tuple.

Adding a value to a Tuple

letters = ("A", "B", "C")
letterList = list(letters)
letterList.append("D")
letters = tuple(letterList)

print(letters)

Output

('A', 'B', 'C', 'D')

Removing a value from a Tuple

letters = ("A", "B", "C")
letterList = list(letters)
letterList.remove("B")
letters = tuple(letterList)

print(letters)

Output

('A', 'C')