From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-12-15T01:27:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Swap contents in two files

Hi --

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, 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!

Come to think of it... you can do:

   a, b = ARGV

I'm not sure why the star presented itself to my brain.


David

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