From: Robert Klemme Date: 2006-12-15T00:50:08+09:00 Subject: Re: Swap contents in two files On 14.12.2006 16:23, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote: > 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! I usually use a,b, = *ARGV Kind of to be sure... :-) robert