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KHTangent@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Swapping integers in Python

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Swapping integers in Python

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KHTangent@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • abclop99@beehaw.org
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    a = a ^ b
    b = a ^ b
    a = a ^ b
    
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    So you are asking the user to do it

  • bauklotz@feddit.de
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    Version 3 is disgusting.

    • 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz
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      That’s like the canonical “swap two pointers” trick

  • pec@sh.itjust.works
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    Storing the value in the user instead of RAM!

  • MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
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    Using an organic processor

  • Jason Novinger@programming.dev
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    I raise you

    @lambda _: _()
    def result() -> int:
        global a; global b; a, b = b, a
    

    hat tip to @sisyphean@programming.dev via Cursed Python

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