What is a tuple useful for?

Question

I am learning Python for a class now, and we just covered tuples as one of the data types. I read the Wikipedia page on it, but, I could not figure out where such a data type wo

Answer 1

Tuples and lists have the same uses in general. Immutable data types in general have many benefits, mostly about concurrency issues.

So, when you have lists that are not volatile in nature and you need to guarantee that no consumer is altering it, you may use a tuple.

Typical examples are fixed data in an application like company divisions, categories, etc. If this data change, typically a single producer rebuilts the tuple.