interactive help on string functions - howto

[George Yoshida]

Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> entering
> help('rstrip')
> or
> help('ljust')
> 
> into IDLE's shell window I only get
> no Python documentation found ...
> 
> Am I missing something?

You need to remove quotes from arguments, i.e.,
 >>> help(rstrip)    # help('rstrip') is a no-no

I have to say this error message is really annoying. You can't 
guess what went wrong from it.


George