Find tuples in a list of tuples in Python

Find tuples in a list of tuples in Python #

To find tuples in a list of tuples:

1. Use a list comprehension to iterate over the list.
2. Return a condition from the list comprehension.
3. The new list will only contain the tuples for which the condition is met.

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list_of_tuples = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('a', 3), ('c', 3)]

# 👇️ check if the first element in a tuple is equal to specific value
result_1 = [tup for tup in list_of_tuples if tup[0] == 'a']
print(result_1)  # 👉️ [('a', 1), ('a', 3)]


# 👇️ check if each tuple contains a value
result_2 = [tup for tup in list_of_tuples if 'a' in tup]
print(result_2)  # 👉️ [('a', 1), ('a', 3)]

We used a list comprehension to find tuples in a list of tuples.

On each iteration, we check if the tuple element at index 0 has a value of a and return the result.

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list_of_tuples = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('a', 3), ('c', 3)]

result_1 = [tup for tup in list_of_tuples if tup[0] == 'a']
print(result_1)  # 👉️ [('a', 1), ('a', 3)]

The new list only contains the tuples for which the condition was satisfied.

To find tuples in a list that contain a certain value:

1. Use a list comprehension to iterate over the list.
2. Use the in operator to check if each tuple contains the value.
3. The new list will only contain the tuples that contain the specified value.

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list_of_tuples = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('a', 3), ('c', 3)]


result_2 = [tup for tup in list_of_tuples if 'a' in tup]
print(result_2)  # 👉️ [('a', 1), ('a', 3)]

On each iteration we check if the string a is contained in the current tuple and return the result.

The in operator tests for membership. For example, x in t evaluates to True if x is a member of t, otherwise it evaluates to False.

x not in t returns the negation of x in t.

Alternatively, you can use the filter() function.

To find tuples in a list of tuples:

1. Use the filter() function to filter the list of tuples.
2. The filter function returns an iterator containing the results.
3. Pass the filter object to the list() class to convert it to a list.

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list_of_tuples = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('a', 3), ('c', 3)]


result = list(
    filter(
        lambda tup: tup[0] == 'a',
        list_of_tuples
    )
)

# 👇️ [('a', 1), ('a', 3)]
print(result)

The filter function takes a function and an iterable as arguments and constructs an iterator from the elements of the iterable for which the function returns a truthy value.

The lambda function gets called with each tuple in the list, checks if the first item in the tuple is equal to the string a and returns the result.

The new list only contains the tuples for which the condition was met.