documentation

[km]

Hi all,
i am coming from a Perl background. i am now learning python.
suppose in Perl, to look at the perdocumentatio n page for variables in perl one can get the info by invoking perldoc perlvar. how to search for same in Python ?
kindly enlighten,
thanks,
KM

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Re: documentation

km wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
> i am coming from a Perl background. i am now learning python.
> suppose in Perl, to look at the perdocumentatio n page for variables in perl one can get the info by invoking perldoc perlvar. how to search for same in Python ?
> kindly enlighten,
> thanks,
> KM
>[/color]

Python 2.3.2 (#1, Oct 27 2003, 01:23:54)
[GCC 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> def myFun():[/color][/color][/color]
.... """ print 42 and return None """
.... print 42
....[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> help(myFun)[/color][/color][/color]

HTH
Bruno