list of tuples get first element code example

Example 1: how to extract the first elements from a list of tuples

tuple_list = [("a", "b"),("c", "d")]
first_tuple_elements = []

for a_tuple in tuple_list:
    first_tuple_elements.append(a_tuple[0])
print(first_tuple_elements)

#OUTPUT: ['a', 'c']

Example 2: get first element of tuple python

firstItem = tupple[0]