C# Tuples

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C# Tuples

C# tuple is a data structure that is used to store sequence of elements. Tuple with n elements are known as n-tuple.

We can use Tuple for the following reasons.

To represent a single set of data
To provide easy access and manipulation of data
To return multiple values from a method without using out parameter
To pass multiple values to a method through a single parameter

In C#, tuple is a class that contains static methods. These methods are used to create tuple objects. Following is the syntax of Tuple class.

C# Tuple Class Syntax

public static class Tuple

C# Tuple Methods

The following table contains methods of Tuple class.

Method name	Description
Create<T1>(T1)	It is used to create a new 1-tuple, or singleton.
Create<T1,T2>(T1,T2)	It is used to create a new 2-tuple, or pair.
Create<T1,T2,T3>(T1,T2,T3)	It is used to create a new 3-tuple, or triple.
Create(T1,T2,T3,T4)	It is used to create a new 4-tuple, or quadruple.
Create<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5>(T1,T2,T3,T4,T5)	It is used to create a new 5-tuple, or quintuple.
Create<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6>(T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6)	It is used to create a new 6-tuple, or sextuple.
Create<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7>(T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7)	It is used to create a new 7-tuple, or septuple.
Create<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8>(T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8)	It is used to create a new 8-tuple, or octuple.

Let's see an example that creates a Tuple to store book information. Here, we are creating Tuple without using static method.

C# Tuple Example 1

using System;
namespace CSharpFeatures
{
    class TupleExample
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Creating Tuple of three values
            var book = new Tuple("C# in Depth", "Jon Skeet", 100.50);
            Console.WriteLine("-----------------Book's Record---------------------");
            Console.WriteLine("Title  "  + book.Item1);
            Console.WriteLine("Author " + book.Item2);
            Console.WriteLine("Price  "  + book.Item3);
        }
    }
}

Output:

-----------------Book's Record---------------------
Title  C# in Depth
Author Jon Skeet
Price  100.5

We can use static methods of Tuple class to create Tuple. In the following example, we are using create method.

C# Tuple Example with Static Method

using System;
namespace CSharpFeatures
{
    class TupleExample
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Creating Tuple using helper method (Create)
            var book = Tuple.Create("C# in Depth", "Jon Skeet", 100.50);
            Console.WriteLine("-----------------Book's Record---------------------");
            Console.WriteLine("Title  " + book.Item1);
            Console.WriteLine("Author " + book.Item2);
            Console.WriteLine("Price  " + book.Item3);
        }
    }
}

Output:

-----------------Book's Record---------------------
Title  C# in Depth
Author Jon Skeet
Price  100.5

We can use tuple to return multiple values from a method. In the following example, we are returning a tuple to the caller method.

C# Tuple Example Return Multiple Values

using System;
namespace CSharpFeatures
{
    public class Student
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var (name,email) = Show();
            Console.WriteLine(name+" "+email);
        }
        static (string name, string email) Show()
        {
            return ("irfan","irfan@gmail.com");
        }
    }
}

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