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title: "swap — Swap variables"
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# swap — Swap variables

SWAP swappes the values of two variables.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var1 | var |  | Variable name 1 |
| var2 | var |  | Variable name 2 |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var1; type: n/a; predicate: no-result-propagation
- binding: var2; type: n/a; predicate: no-result-propagation

### Examples

```xml
<set var="name1">XML</set>
<set var="name2">iXML</set>
<swap var1="name1" var2="name2"/>
<output>My name is "$name1" &amp; I am a $name2 derivative!</output>
<!-- My name is "iXML" & I am a XML derivative! -->
```