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Tuples

A data structure that contains a sequence of elements of different data types. A tuple can have elements from 1 to 8 types. If try to add elements greater than eight, then the compiler will throw an error. 

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Tuple<int, string, string> person = new Tuple()<int, string, string>(1, "Steve", "Jobs");

There are many ways to use tuples: 

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public (string, int) GetStringAndInt()
{
    string resultString = "Hello";
    int resultInt = 42;
    return (resultString, resultInt);
}

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(int Id, string FirstName, string LastName) person = (1, "Bill", "Gates");
person.Id;   // returns 1
person.FirstName;  // returns "Bill"
person.LastName; // returns "Gates"