johnf wrote:
> Hi,
> In the Visual Fox Pro world there is a help file that allows look ups /
> searchs for functions, etc... just plain reference infomation. I.e. if I
> were interested in the MAX() function I would just type Max() and get a page
> that contained a description of how to use MAX
On Friday 09 February 2007 04:15 pm, johnf wrote:
> Is there a Python tool/document that is similar? Just a simple way to help
> understand.
I make use of /usr/local/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py
(your path may be different, depending on OS and version)
On linux, I invoke it as a "server" as
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johnf wrote:
> Hi,
> In the Visual Fox Pro world there is a help file that allows look ups /
> searchs for functions, etc... just plain reference infomation. I.e. if I
> were interested in the MAX() function I would just type Max() and get a page
> that contained a description of how to use MAX
On Friday 09 February 2007 10:56, Christopher Arndt wrote:
> Rikard Bosnjakovic schrieb:
> > On 2/9/07, johnf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Is there a Python tool/document that is similar? Just a simple way to
> >> help understand.
> >
> > Yes, use the __doc__ property.
>
> Which is made a lot e
Rikard Bosnjakovic schrieb:
> On 2/9/07, johnf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Is there a Python tool/document that is similar? Just a simple way to help
>> understand.
>
> Yes, use the __doc__ property.
Which is made a lot easier by using the 'help' function in the interactive
interpreter:
>>
On 2/9/07, johnf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a Python tool/document that is similar? Just a simple way to help
> understand.
Yes, use the __doc__ property.
>>> print list.__doc__
list() -> new list
list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's items
>>> import os.path
>>> pri
Hi,
In the Visual Fox Pro world there is a help file that allows look ups /
searchs for functions, etc... just plain reference infomation. I.e. if I
were interested in the MAX() function I would just type Max() and get a page
that contained a description of how to use MAX() and what it returned
