On Sun, 27 May 2018 21:17:57 +0000, Paul wrote: > hi, > I'm using the Google Sheets API (the client library rather than the > RESTful interface) and I'm confused about the meaning of the syntax > diagrams.
*Diagrams*? As in, *pictures*? > update(spreadsheetId=*, range=*, body=*, valueInputOption=None, > x__xgafv=None, responseValueRenderOption=None, > includeValuesInResponse=None, responseDateTimeRenderOption=None) [...] > My specific questions are: > 1) is this standard (python?) syntax notation? I haven't found a key > to this form of documentation. No. > 1) What does '=*' mean? No idea. > 2) What does '=None' mean? [my guess is that this means "no > default value"]. If they are using the same meaning as the standard convention in Python, it means the opposite: that None is the default. If they mean something else, your guess is as good as mine. > 3) Note that it says that range is required. Through trial, I see > that > *one* of the 'range' specifications is required. I.E., I can specify > 'range' outside body, or 'range' as part of body, or both, but I must > have 'range' someplace. This is a bit confusing to me ( as opposed to > my usual understanding of "required"). Also, what does range mean, in > these two different spots, and what does it mean if two different values > of range are specified? No idea. -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
