Pass by reference or by value?

[Robert Dailey]

On Jul 13, 2:10 pm, Robert Dailey <rcdai... at gmail.com> 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.

Correction:

I ran a few more tests and python actually does a pass by value,
meaning that a "copy" is made and the external variable that was
passed in remains unchanged. I actually want to know how to "pass by
reference", in that any changes made to a parameter inside of a
function also changes the variable passed in.

Thanks.