C-h f equivalent

[Michael Hudson]

Glyn Millington <glyn at millingtons.org> writes:

> Is there anything quite as handy as this in python which will tell
> me about functions, built-in variable etc I've got the doc and can
> search 'em but is there a quick reference built in?

>>> help('math.sin')
Help on built-in function sin in math:

sin(...)
    sin(x)
    
    Return the sine of x (measured in radians).

not quite like C-h f, but probably a good start.

Cheers,
M.

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