Re: Using Help inside Python

2009-05-03 Thread namekuseijin
I'm from the time when I inspected python objects themselves, say: print obj.__doc__ or dir( obj ) to know the goodies... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using Help inside Python

2009-05-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 03 May 2009 13:21:49 -0700, rose wrote: > Many Thanks to you Steven, for such a concise explanation of using the > help. May I request some examples to make it a bit more explicit. Suppose you want to get help about the max() function. Inside IDLE, at the command prompt, type: help(max)

Re: Using Help inside Python

2009-05-03 Thread Rhodri James
On Sun, 03 May 2009 21:21:49 +0100, rose wrote: On May 3, 8:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sun, 03 May 2009 07:49:49 -0700, rose wrote: > Hi, >             I have an idea of the basics of programming language in > general. How to access help in python i.e. help followed by something or >

Re: Using Help inside Python

2009-05-03 Thread rose
On May 3, 8:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 03 May 2009 07:49:49 -0700, rose wrote: > > Hi, > >             I have an idea of the basics of programming language in > > general. How to access help in python i.e. help followed by something or > > to get to know about some inbuilt module or m

Re: Using Help inside Python

2009-05-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 03 May 2009 07:49:49 -0700, rose wrote: > Hi, > I have an idea of the basics of programming language in > general. How to access help in python i.e. help followed by something or > to get to know about some inbuilt module or method etc. how do I access > help from within the ID