Title: Swapping variable values
Slug: swapping_variable_values
Summary: Swapping variable values
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

Setup the originally variables and their values



In [1]:

    
one = 1
two = 2

View the original variables



In [2]:

    
'one =', one, 'two =', two









    Out[2]:





('one =', 1, 'two =', 2)

Swap the values



In [3]:

    
one, two = two, one

View the swapped values, notice how the values for each variable have changed



In [4]:

    
'one =', one, 'two =', two









    Out[4]:





('one =', 2, 'two =', 1)