Problem 262. Swap the input arguments

Created by Steve Eddins

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Mattias on 4 Jan 2015

Your initial code suggestion is weird :)

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Piero Cimule on 19 Jun 2020

[r, q] = deal(a,b)

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Shlomo Geva on 23 Oct 2017

This is a correct solution - alas using a function handle, not an m-file

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pranju chakrapani on 10 May 2016

You are brilliant when you are lazy

Gustav Lindstrand on 30 Dec 2016

Omg love this solution so simple and easy really clever! Didn't think about this :)

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fkk on 25 Jul 2017

I feel so pride that I just get the same code like this leading one!!!

jo gayong on 5 Jul 2019

I had no idea it'd be this simple.

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