order « tuple « Python Data Type Q&A

1. Can I count on order being preserved in a Python tuple?    stackoverflow.com

I've got a list of datetimes from which I want to construct time segments. In other words, turn [t0, t1, ... tn] into [(t0,t1),(t1,t2),...,(tn-1, tn)]. I've done it this ...

2. Python: Change Tuple Order in List Of Tuples    stackoverflow.com

I have a list of tuples like so:

ListOfTuples = [(var1,var2,var3,var4,var5), 
    (var6,var7,var8,var9,var10), 
    (var11,var12,var13,var14,var15),
    (var16,var17,var18,var19,var20)]

3. How to sort a list of tuples by the alphabetical ordering of one of its elements    stackoverflow.com

I have a list of tuples, say (name, number, birthday, gender). If I wanted to reverse sort this list by their birthday, how could I sort this in python?

4. Arbitrary ordering of tuple nested in a list in Python    stackoverflow.com

I have a list of tuples like the following that I'm getting back from Solr:

 [('Second Circuit', 34), ('Ninth Circuit', 24), ('Third Circuit', 4), ('Eleventh Circuit', 2)]

5. how to use tuple and list function for ordering number in file method    dreamincode.net