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I have some object.ID-s which I try to store in the user session as tuple. When I add first one it works but tuple looks like (u'2',) but when I try to add new one using mytuple = mytuple + new.id got error can only concatenate tuple (not "unicode") to tuple.

Tomerikoo
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Goran
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7 Answers7

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You need to make the second element a 1-tuple, eg:

a = ('2',)
b = 'z'
new = a + (b,)
Jon Clements
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Since Python 3.5 (PEP 448) you can do unpacking within a tuple, list set, and dict:

a = ('2',)
b = 'z'
new = (*a, b)
nitely
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    I am trying it on Python 3.7.10, and it works with `a = ('2')`. That is without the additional comma. – nocibambi May 22 '21 at 11:42
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    @nocibambi the comma makes it a tuple, without it it's just a string. Try `a = ('23')` and `new` becomes `('2', '3', 'z')`. If you add the comma then you get `('23', 'z')`. – nitely Aug 08 '21 at 05:42
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From tuple to list to tuple :

a = ('2',)
b = 'b'

l = list(a)
l.append(b)

tuple(l)

Or with a longer list of items to append

a = ('2',)
items = ['o', 'k', 'd', 'o']

l = list(a)

for x in items:
    l.append(x)

print tuple(l)

gives you

>>> 
('2', 'o', 'k', 'd', 'o')

The point here is: List is a mutable sequence type. So you can change a given list by adding or removing elements. Tuple is an immutable sequence type. You can't change a tuple. So you have to create a new one.

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kiriloff
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    This will be twice as slow as just adding two tuples – jamylak May 24 '13 at 08:34
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    However if you note to OP to convert to `list` at the beginning, append items, and then at the very end convert to `tuple` then this is the best solution +1 – jamylak May 24 '13 at 09:04
  • two items including the first itemin list. but you are right, i should better add a longer=list example, see my edit – kiriloff May 24 '13 at 10:41
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Tuple can only allow adding tuple to it. The best way to do it is:

mytuple =(u'2',)
mytuple +=(new.id,)

I tried the same scenario with the below data it all seems to be working fine.

>>> mytuple = (u'2',)
>>> mytuple += ('example text',)
>>> print mytuple
(u'2','example text')
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Raul Kiran Gaddam
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>>> x = (u'2',)
>>> x += u"random string"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in <module>
    x += u"random string"
TypeError: can only concatenate tuple (not "unicode") to tuple
>>> x += (u"random string", )  # concatenate a one-tuple instead
>>> x
(u'2', u'random string')
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#1 form

a = ('x', 'y')
b = a + ('z',)
print(b)

#2 form

a = ('x', 'y')
b = a + tuple('b')
print(b)
britodfbr
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Bottom line, the easiest way to append to a tuple is to enclose the element being added with parentheses and a comma.

t = ('a', 4, 'string')
t = t + (5.0,)
print(t)

out: ('a', 4, 'string', 5.0)
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