"Colin J. Williams" <c...@ncf.ca> writes:
> On 10-Jul-11 13:44 PM, rantingrick wrote:
> > On Jul 10, 12:41 pm, Tim Johnson<t...@johnsons-web.com> wrote:
> >> It possible for a function to print it's own docstring?
> >
> > def f():
> > """docstring"""
> > print "docstring"
>
> Try:
>
> def f():
> ds= """docstring"""
> print ds
The OP wants the function to print its own docstring, which your example
does not do. You've defined a function with an empty docstring.
>>> def foo():
... ds = "The Larch"
... print ds
...
>>> foo.__doc__
>>>
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