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

Using Help inside Python

2009-05-03 Thread rose
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 IDLE using the help command. Thank You. -- http://mail.pytho