Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

Kent Johnson wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Ricardo Aráoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I find lacking in the docs are a link to a code example for every item and a "See Also" link to other related items. With some modules I can't make sense of the different bits and pieces till I se

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Ricardo Aráoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I find lacking in the docs are a link to a code example for every item > and a "See Also" link to other related items. With some modules I can't make > sense of the different bits and pieces till I see a code example,

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

Hansen, Mike wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/22 Lie Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> You should also be aware of python's introspection abilities. If you >> have an object, you could do help(object), dir(object) to get the help >> file and a dictionary containing the

[Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

2008/8/22 Lie Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You should also be aware of python's introspection abilities. If you > have an object, you could do help(object), dir(object) to get the help > file and a dictionary containing the members of the object (if run from > a script, you might need to add print s

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

2008/8/21 Jerry Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. >>> http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html >> >> Let's start from th

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

2008/8/21 Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function, but I do not >> know it's name. I search for "strings" and find this: >> 4. String Services >> * 4.1 string -- Common string operations >> o 4

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. > >> http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html > > > > Let's start from there. I need the startswith() funct

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. >> http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html > > Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function, but I do n

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

"Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function, but I do not know it's name. I search for "strings" and find this: 4. String Services * 4.1 string -- Common string operations o 4.1.3 String functions Personally I rarely start with

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. >>> http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html >> >> Let's start from

Re: [Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. >> http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html > > Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function, but I do n

[Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

2008/8/21 W W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 2008/8/21 OmerT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > mostly, I google "docs.python" and the term or class I'm looking for. >> > Mind, this mainly works for modules or classes which came with the

[Tutor] Python Docs (Was: Reformatting phone number)

2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. > http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function, but I do not know it's name. I search for "strings" and find this: 4. String Services