Using tuples or Re to replace 5 strings with one

[Larz60+]

The best way to save lists and/or dictionaries is as a json file.
in your code, this would be done as follows:

import json


fruit = ["Apple", "Orange", "Banana", "Mandarin"]
# this can be accessed by index:
print('fruit[0]: {}, fruit[2]: {}'.format(fruit[0], fruit[2]))
print('fruit: {}'.format(fruit))

# To save to file named fruit.dat:
with open('fruit.dat', 'w') as fout:
    json.dump(fruit, fout)

# To load back in:
with open('fruit.dat') as fin:
    newfruit = json.load(fin)
print('newfruit: {}'.format(newfruit))

output:

Output:
fruit[0]: Apple, fruit[2]: Banana
fruit: ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Mandarin']
newfruit: ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Mandarin']