Tuples in C#
Introduction
Today, in this article let's play around with
one of the interesting and most useful concept in C#.
Question: What
are tuples?
In simple terms "It provides flexibility to
define individual tuple items with significant type."
Step 1: Create a new webform project

Step 2: The complete code of webform1.aspx looks like
this
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="TuplesApp.WebForm1" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<center>
<div>
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Arithmetic Operations with Tuples in C#"
Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label6" runat="server" Text="Please Enter FirstNumber" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana"
Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox4" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter SecondNumber" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Addition" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"
BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Substraction" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"
BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button2_Click" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Button ID="Button3" runat="server" Text="Multiplication" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"
BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button3_Click" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Button ID="Button4" runat="server" Text="Division" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"
BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button4_Click" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Font-Bold="true" Font-Names="Verdana" ></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</center>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Step 3: The complete code of webform1.aspx.cs looks
like this
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace TuplesApp
{
public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox4.Focus();
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox4.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text))
{
Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
}
else
{
Tuple<double, double> additionType = new Tuple<double, double>(double.Parse(TextBox4.Text), double.Parse(TextBox1.Text));
Label5.Text = "Addition Result is " + (additionType.Item1 + additionType.Item2).ToString();
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox4.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox4.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text))
{
Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
}
else
{
Tuple<double, double> substractionType = new Tuple<double, double>(double.Parse(TextBox4.Text), double.Parse(TextBox1.Text));
Label5.Text = "Substraction Result is " + (substractionType.Item1 - substractionType.Item2).ToString();
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox4.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
protected void Button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox4.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text))
{
Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
}
else
{
Tuple<double, double> multiplicationType = new Tuple<double, double>(double.Parse(TextBox4.Text), double.Parse(TextBox1.Text));
Label5.Text = "Multiplication Result is " + (multiplicationType.Item1 * multiplicationType.Item2).ToString();
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox4.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
protected void Button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox4.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text))
{
Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
}
else
{
Tuple<double, double> divisionType = new Tuple<double, double>(double.Parse(TextBox4.Text), double.Parse(TextBox1.Text));
Label5.Text = "Division Result is " + (divisionType.Item1 / divisionType.Item2).ToString();
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox4.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
}
}
Step 4: The output of the application looks like this

Step 5: The addition operation output of the
application looks like this

I hope this
article is useful for you ...I look forward for your comments and
feedback....Thanks Vijay Prativadi

Sourav Kumar DasPosted Nov 16, 2019, 3:40 AM
Nice Article Sir.
Emilio MotaPosted Apr 16, 2019, 10:01 PM
Thanks was very easy to read
Manish KumarPosted Mar 23, 2018, 12:17 PM
Very Nice article on Tuple...Thank you so much.
Naveen KumarPosted Mar 23, 2018, 10:53 AM
Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, object>> Test = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, object>>(); it is throwing constraint exception when we are adding duplicates any other best one we can use
Naveen BishtPosted Feb 6, 2017, 9:50 AM
Quite good, it is good to and simple to implement.
Satyaprakash SamantarayPosted Jan 27, 2017, 1:59 AM
Thank for sharing It is very much useful to real time work exp.
Joe WilsonPosted Jan 6, 2017, 5:41 AM
Thank you very much for sharing.
Catcher WongPosted Jan 6, 2017, 3:48 AM
Tuples were first introduced as a part of .NET Framework 4.0 , not .NET Framework 4.5
Mohammad MirshahiPosted Jan 5, 2017, 2:58 PM
A bow and two signs .......
Aakash MauryaPosted Jan 5, 2017, 11:17 AM
I am not expert in C#. I came to know about tuples first time in the webinar "What is new in C# 7.0" by Mahesh Chand Sir. That webinar was really great, and after webinar I searched more about Tuples and I came to know that KeyValuePair is also doing somehow the same thing. So my curiosity increased and I searched more articles to find the actual difference between Tuples and KeyValuePair. And I found that Tuples are better in performance as compared to KeyValuePair if you use it in better manner. Correct me if I am wrong. Here are the articles which explain with the sample data.https://www.dotnetperls.com/tuple-keyvaluepair and http://www.techmikael.com/2010/07/too-tuple-or-not-too-tuple.html
Fabio Silva LimaPosted Jan 5, 2017, 5:30 AM
Ow, very intersting. I agree with Suthish Nair about performance ;)
Jaco ZwartsPosted Jan 5, 2017, 5:23 AM
Really interesting thank you for sharing
Suthish NairPosted Jan 5, 2017, 5:22 AM
Tuples are magic and simplifies things, but there are performance issues with Tuples when compare with KeyValuePair etc..