<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message | > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | I'm not sure if I have even phrased that right but anyway.... | > | | > | How does one find (in the standard Python documentation) information | > | about things like the iteritems() method and the enumerate() function. | > | > The Library Reference manual sections on builtin functions and dict | > methods. | > | > Or, help(enumerate) and help({}.iteritems) | > | .... but that doesn't address my problem really, how do I know that I | need to look for the words enumerate and/or iteritems? This is what | my original question was about.
Do what Gabriel said: read chapters 2 and 3 of the Lib Manual. You will not necessarily remember everything, but you will have an idea of what functionalities exist and know to go look again. In a few months, read them again. As for the stdlib, at least scan through the table of contents so you have a general idea of what there is. The documentation of modules (as well as of builtins) is much improved from 10 years ago, when the only doc for some was the code. tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
