The absolute Basics

A tuple can combine different types into one. Where an array is a sequence of a certain type (let x: [Int] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) a tuple can have a different type for each element: let x: (Int, Double, String) = (5, 2.0, "Hey").

Tuples are a very simple manner of grouping related data items together without having to create a struct.

They are value types and even though they look like sequences they aren't. One main difference is that you can't easily loop over the contents of a tuple.

We'll start with a quick primer on how to create and use tuples.

Creating and Accessing Tuples

// Constructing a simple tuple

let tuple1 = (2, 3)

let tuple2 = (2, 3, 4)



// Constructing a named tuple

let tupl3 = (x: 5, y: 3)



// Different types

let tuple4 = (name: \"Carl\", age: 78, pets: [\"Bonny\", \"Houdon\", \"Miki\"])

Once you've created some tuples, you can access their elements:

// Accessing tuple elements

let tuple5 = (13, 21)

tuple5.0 // 13

tuple5.1 // 21



// Access by name

let tuple6 = (x: 21, y: 33)

tuple6.x // 21

tuple6.y // 33

Nice, so now you can create tuples and access their elements. But what would you use them for? The use case we will discuss is for pattern matching.