Tuples

Tuples and Records

Learn F#'s two core structural product types -- quick, unnamed tuples and named, documented records -- and when to reach for each.

Atoms and Terms

Understanding Erlang's atom data type and how atoms, numbers, tuples, and lists combine to form Erlang terms.

Lists and Tuples

A comparison of Erlang's two core compound data types — lists and tuples — and when to reach for each.

Lists and Tuples in Elixir

Learn how Elixir's two core sequential data structures — singly linked lists and fixed-size tuples — are represented in memory and when to use each one.

Tuples in Scala

Learn how Scala's Tuple types bundle a fixed number of heterogeneous values, how to create, access, and destructure them, and when a case class is a better fit.

Tuples in Python

An immutable, ordered sequence type in Python, covering tuple syntax, the nested-mutable-element trap, tuple packing/unpacking, and use cases.

Tuples in TypeScript

Fixed-length, ordered arrays where each position has its own known type — and the classic mutability gotcha to watch for.

Tuples and Arrays in Rust

Tuples group a fixed set of differently-typed values together, while arrays hold a fixed-size list of same-typed values.