On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Tim Michelsen
<timmichel...@gmx-topmail.de> wrote:
> Who can I reference the docstring of a function within the function itself?
You can refer to the function by name inside the function. By the time
the body is actually executed, the name is defined:
In [1]: def show2(s):
...: """prints s"""
...: print s
...: print show2.__doc__
In [2]: show2("test")
test
prints s
> Please have a look at the code below and assist me.
>
> def show(str):
> """prints str"""
> print str
It's a good idea not to use the names of builtins, such as 'str', as
variable names in your program.
Kent
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