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Harjan Anand
780 Pointshow do i assign the third element?
This is my code
# insert your code here
my_tuple = ('I', 'love', 'python', 'item3',)
item3 = e
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Harjan Anand
780 PointsI just dont know what to do next thats all?
1 Answer
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsHey Harjan Anand, a tuple is an index container. Each item can be referenced by its index.
The first item is my_tuple[0]
, the second is my_tuple[1]
, etc.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!
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Harjan Anand
780 PointsI understand but how do i assign the item3 to the third element to my_tuple
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Harjan Anand
780 PointsI uptated my code:
# insert your code here
my_tuple = ('I', 'love', 'python',)
item3 = [3]
my_tuple[3]
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsYou are very close. The last line should be:
item3 = my_tuple[3]
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsThe tuple from Task 1 should not be changed.