What does immutable mean? Which Python types are mutable and which are not?



In Python, there are two types of Objects.

  • Mutable Object
  • Immutable Object

Mutable: Mutable objects are modified, (i.e) objects are a changeable list, set, dict, etc are mutable.

mutable objects are easy to change.

Example 1

list =["Tutorials ","Point", "Pvt","Ltd"] list[2]= 'Tutorix' list

Output

['Tutorials ', 'Point', 'Tutorix', 'Ltd'] 

Example 2

list=['Car','Bike','Scooty','Bus','Metro'] list[4]= 'Bicycle' list

Output

['Car', 'Bike', 'Scooty', 'Bus', 'Bicycle'] 


Immutable: immutable objects are not modified (i.e) not changeable int, float, bool, str, tuple, Unicode, etc ... are immutable. immutable objects are expensive and difficult to change. a tuple is enclosed within the parenthesis tuples are immutable and can't be changed.

Example 1

tuple=('1','2','Python','Perl') tuple

Output

('1', '2', 'Python', 'Perl') 

Example 2

tuple=('1','2','Python','Perl') tuple[4]='2019' tuple

Output

TypeError Traceback (most recent call last) in 1 tuple=('1','2','Python','Perl') ----> 2 tuple[4]='2019' 3 tuple TypeError: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment


tuple object cant be changed by seeing above output you get a clear understanding

Updated on: 2019-07-30T22:30:26+05:30

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