On 04/09/2012 19:38, William R. Wing (Bill Wing) wrote:
On Sep 4, 2012, at 1:58 PM, David Hoese <dho...@gmail.com> wrote:
A friend made me aware of this:
When a python beginner (2.x) quick searches for "print" on docs.python.org, the
print function doesn't even come up in the top 20 results. The print statement isn't
even listed as far as I can tell. Is there something that can be done about this to make
it easier for beginners?
I understand that this is a very basic search and "print" is a very common word
and a very basic python statement, but it's pretty difficult for a beginner to learn when
the first 5 results are about the disassembler and the next 5 are C functions.
-Dave
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+100 (or some very large number). This is a general problem in searching the python
library reference ("keep this under your pillow"). Try searching for list,
iter, read, or write or any one of a whole bunch of things a newbie would logically be
looking for. (Or even a not-quite-newbie who wanted to check some detail.)
-Bill
I never have a problem with this because the compiled help file on
windows is awesome. It even works offline.
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Mark Lawrence.
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