On Aug 1, 9:50 pm, Emile van Sebille <em... at fenx.com> wrote: > Prasad, Mrunalini wrote: > > dest + j - 1 = source + i > > Well, what are you trying to do here? > > >>> a,b,c = range(3) > >>>a+b-1=c+1 > SyntaxError:can't assign to operator > > Emile Just a comment, but I thought the preferred term was 'binding'... :-)