M Nickey wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm trying to recreate the 'help' on various modules that are available. > So far, I have a bit of code and it seems to be working for the most part. > I can get the modules available but I also want to be able to print the > information that is available for each module. > > Current output: > ['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', ... 'partition', 'replace', > ['rfind', 'rindex', 'rjust', 'rpartition', 'rsplit', 'rstrip', 'split', > ['splitlines', 'startswith', 'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate', > ['upper', 'zfill'] > str(object) -> string > > Return a nice string representation of the object. > If the argument is a string, the return value is the same object. > > Desired result: > ['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', ... 'partition', 'replace', > ['rfind', 'rindex', 'rjust', 'rpartition', 'rsplit', 'rstrip', 'split', > ['splitlines', 'startswith', 'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate', > ['upper', 'zfill'] > > atof(s): > Return the floating point number represented by the st > atof(s) -> float > > I'm close (I think) but I just can figure out how to grab that part of the > documentation. Any advice?
I'm guessing you want the functions in the string module rather than the methods of the str type? If so: you can get the module object from the name with the __import__() builtin function: > Code: > import os > import string > import inspect > > def getDirName(): > modList = [] module_name = "string" module = __import__(module_name) cwd = dir(module) > print cwd > info = inspect.getdoc(cwd[35]) > print info > return > > if __name__ == '__main__': > getDirName() There's one complication with __import__(), it always gives you the toplevel package, e. g. to get the os.path module you have to do package = __import__("os.path") module = getattr(package, "path") You might also take a look into the source of the pydoc module. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor