Recursive function-- takes a tuple of any size, totals the even and odd elements, and returns a (2-value) tuple of those totals.

recursive_tuple_even_and_odd_digit_adder.py

l1 = (1,3,9,10,4,3,2,5,17,16,11)

def odd(num):
    if num % 2 != 0:
        return True

def addIt(t):
    l = [0,0]
    return addItR(t,l)


def addItR(t,l):
    var = t[0]
    print(var)
    if len(t) > 1:
        t = t[1:]
    if not odd(var):
        l[0]  = l[0] + var
        print(l)
    else:
        l[1]  = l[1] + var
        print(l)
    if len(t) == 1:
        return (l)
    return addItR(t,l)

print(addIt(l1))