assistance with python coding

[John Purser]

On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 11:23 -0500, John Shappell wrote:
> I don’t understand what this question is asking; can you clarify for
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> As an exercise, rewrite this line of code without using a sequence
> assignment. 
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> self.cards[i], self.cards[j] = self.cards[j], self.cards[i]
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John,

Sequence assignment is a way of assigning multiple values at once.  In
your example above (adjusted to cut down on typing):
i = 'dog'
j = 'cat'
i, j = j, i

Now:
i == 'cat'
j == 'dog'

The assignment (I believe) is to come up with the same result WITHOUT
using sequence assignment which usually requires some form of temporary
variable to hold the values in the middle while they switch.

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John Purser