>>> test1 = ("aaa","bbb","ccc","ddd","eee","fff","ggg") >>> type(test1) <class 'tuple'> >>> test2 = test1[:4] >>> test2 ('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'ddd') >>> test3 = test1[4:] >>> test3 ('eee', 'fff', 'ggg') >>> insert = "xxx", >>> test4 = test2 + insert + test3 >>> test1 ('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'ddd', 'eee', 'fff', 'ggg') >>> test4 ('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'ddd', 'xxx', 'eee', 'fff', 'ggg') >>> test5 = test1[:3] >>> test5 ('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc') >>> test6 = test1[4:] >>> test6 ('eee', 'fff', 'ggg') >>> displace = "yyy", >>> test7 = test5 + displace + test6 >>> id(test1) 2326018208096 >>> id(test7) 2326018299264 >>> test1 ('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'ddd', 'eee', 'fff', 'ggg') >>> test7 ('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'yyy', 'eee', 'fff', 'ggg')