Synopsis An ordered, fixed length, sequence of values of possibly different type.
Description A tuple is an ordered fixed length sequence of values of possibly different type.
In Rascal a tuple is written as
In Rascal a tuple is written as
< V1, ..., Vn > and a tuple type has the form type[T1, ..., Tn],
Ti represents the type of element i. Tuple have two major applications:
- As tuples in a Relation.
- For ad-hoc packaging of values, for instance, to return multiple-values from a function.