import sys def sum(x,y): result = x + y return result def doesItChange(ref x): return 9 def swap(x,y): return (y,x) i = input("enter the first number: ") j = input("enter the second number: ") print "\n" print sum(i,j) v = 1 v = doesItChange(v) print v i = 1 j = 2 (i,j) = swap(i,j)