Pass by reference or by value?

[James Stroud]

Robert Dailey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed in Python all function parameters seem to be passed by
> reference. This means that when I modify the value of a variable of a
> function, the value of the variable externally from the function is
> also modified.
> 
> Sometimes I wish to work with "copies", in that when I pass in an
> integer variable into a function, I want the function to be modifying
> a COPY, not the reference. Is this possible?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Not only is this possible, that is actually what happens with ints!

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James Stroud
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