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km

Hi all,
i am coming from a Perl background. i am now learning python.
suppose in Perl, to look at the perdocumentation 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

Jul 18 '05 #1
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km wrote:
Hi all,
i am coming from a Perl background. i am now learning python.
suppose in Perl, to look at the perdocumentation 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


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.
def myFun(): .... """ print 42 and return None """
.... print 42
.... help(myFun)


HTH
Bruno

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