A few questions regarding Python?

[Tonakai]

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Hey guys. I've recently started learning Python from a book, and using the tutorials on this site, but I'm kind of curious about a few things. From the information I've read, I can't quite get a clear answer;

I understand Tuples to be a form of list that isn't modifiable in the same way that a list is (i.e removing or adding items), so what would be the benefit of using them? Surely using a list would be more beneficial most of the time as they can be modified to suit whatever purpose at the time? I also read about turning integers into strings, what would the point of this be when you could easier create a string and keep them separate?

Also, when creating a for loop, would I be correct in assuming that you set the variable during the line of code, so it could be anything at all? for example:

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for variable_possibly in example_list:
    print:(variable_possibly)

Sorry if my questions are ridiculous, but I've only been learning for about a week, so I'm incredibly green. Cheers for your time.

Edit: There may be more questions as I continue learning.

Edit2: I've done my research and found my answers. Though, I still may ask other questions in future.

[Acid_Snake]

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I know you have found your answers but I'll answer the questions anyways in case someone else reads this

I understand Tuples to be a form of list that isn't modifiable in the same way that a list is (i.e removing or adding items), so what would be the benefit of using them?

mostly to define more than one variable in a line of code:

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x, y, z = "this", "that", "whatever"

or for functions that return more than one thing:

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def any_function():
   return 1, 2, 3

and when calling it:

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x, y, z = any_function()

I also read about turning integers into strings, what would the point of this be when you could easier create a string and keep them separate?

mainly to concatenate an integer into a string, if you do this:

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x = "Hello" + 1

python will throw an error, so the correct way would be to convert that integer into a string:

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x = "Hello" + str(1)

Also, when creating a for loop, would I be correct in assuming that you set the variable during the line of code, so it could be anything at all? for example:

yes, when you use the for loop, variable_possibility is defined right there, no need to define it before (and you shouldn't define it before)

[onnz423]

I really want to practice python but im stuck in HTML

[Xian Nox]

I really want to practice python but im stuck in HTML

This makes no sense.

[onnz423]

I really want to practice python but im stuck in HTML

This makes no sense.

yea i know im very tired