# Program to demonstrate you can't pass changes to parameters
# back to the caller through the the argument list
#
# Matt Bishop, MHI 289I, Winter 2018

# this routine tries changes outp
# parameters: inp, an integer
#             outp, an integer
def testparam(inp, outp):
    # announce the values on entry to the function
    print "test begins: inp =", inp, "and outp =", outp
    # change the value of outp
    outp = inp + 10
    # announce the values to see if the change worked
    print "test ends: inp =", inp, "and outp =", outp

# call a function that changes parameter values
# and see if the change is reflected in the caller
# calls: testparam
#
# set the values to be used
a = 1
b = 2
# announce the values in the caller, before the call
print "program begins: a =", a, "and b =", b
# now make the call
testparam(a, b)
# announce the values in the caller, after the call
print "program ends: a =", a, "and b =", b