[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Every time I use dir(some module) I get a lot of attributes with double
> underscore, for example __add__. Ok, I thought __add__ must be a method
> which I can apply like this
>
>>>>5.__add(8)
>
> However Python responded
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> I tried
>
>>>>help(5.__add__)
>
> but got
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Note that these SyntaxErrors are due to how Python parses floats:
>>> 5.
5.0
>>> 5.__add__(8)
Traceback ( File "<interactive input>", line 1
5.__add__(8)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> (5).__add__(8)
13
HTH,
STeVe
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