From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-12-15T00:23:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Swap contents in two files

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

> Hi --
>
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
>
>>  a, b, ignored = ARGV
>
> You can also do:
>
>  a, b = *ARGV
>
> (which I know you know but it's just another option for anyone who
> doesn't want the extra variable :-)

quite right.  i've moved to the former because it's self doccumenting : a
crutch for my feeble mind and almost complete lack of doccumentation skills!

;-)

-a
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