Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Aug 20 2007, 18:39:53) [GCC 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> x = 3 >>> y = 5 >>> z = x >>> x += y >>> print "%s %s %s" % (x, y, z) 8 5 3 >>>