Collections

In Python, a collection is the other big family of datatypes for variables. These datatypes also called arrays they can contain mutliple values.

There are 4 types of collections and they have each one different modalities in which they are create and they operate with the data the contain.:

Here’s a table that summarizes the main characteristics of each collection:

Collection Type	Ordered	Mutable	Duplicate Elements	Indexing	Example
List	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[1, 2, 3]
Tuple	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(1, 2, 3)
Set	No	Yes	No	No	{1, 2, 3}
Dictionnary	No	Yes	Yes (Values)	Yes	{‘a’: 1, ‘b’: 2, ‘c’: 3}