# File: swap.py
# Demonstrate simultaneous assignment
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# Matt Bishop, ECS 10, Fall 2012
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# swapping numbers
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a = input("Type input; this will be athe contents of a: ")
b = input("Type more input; this will be athe contents of a: ")
print("a =", a, "b =", b)

# first swap: traditional
tmp = a
a = b
b = tmp

print("Traditional swap: a =", a, "b =", b)

# now using simultaneous assignment
a, b = b, a

print("Simultaneous assignment swap (swapping back): a =", a, "b =", b)