"Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams" <ignacio@[...].net>  wrote in message
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>  On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Maan Hamze wrote:
> 
>  > 2.  Also,
>  > >>> x = 4 + 7j
>  > >>> x.imag = 6
>  > error:  object has a read-only attrib
>  > >>> x.real = 7
>  > same error of read-olny attrib
>  >
>  > why?
> 
>  Because. I could look into the source (or point you to the source), but
the
>  answer would still simply be "Because".
> 
So to pass a value to either the imag or real part:
> >> a=1
> >> b=2
> >> c=complex(a,b)
> >> b = 3
> >> c=complex(a,b)
and so on........
or something like:
> >> def PassValue(a,b):
...  r=complex(a,b)
...  return r
Maan


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