On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 5:06 PM, kj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm a Python noob, and haven't yet figured out my way around the > Python documentation. > > For example, suppose I learn about some great module foo.bar.baz, > and when I run the python interpreter and type "import foo.bar.baz", > lo and behold, it is already installed on our system, which means > that (knowing that our system is pretty bare-bones as far as python > goes) most likely foo.bar.baz is part of the standard python > installation. > > So, if I were an experienced Pythonista, how would I go about > finding the documentation for foo.bar.baz? > > This situation happened most recently to me, if we replace foo.bar.baz > with xml.dom.ext. It was indeed installed on our system, but I > could find no mention of it in docs.python.org. > > Somehow I have the feeling that there's some major stash of > documentation that I haven't learned about yet... > > FWIW, I'm a Perlhead, and I'm very used (maybe too used) to the > fact that if the Perl module Foo::Bar::Baz is installed on our > system, all I need to do to read its full-blown documentation in > all its glory is to type "perldoc Foo::Bar::Baz" at the command > line. Is there anything like this in Python? > > TIA! > > kj > -- > NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards; > and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
To get the docs, just open up the shell and type: >>> import module >>> help(module)
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