interactive help on string functions - howto

[Jeremy Jones]

Helmut Jarausch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> entering
> help('rstrip')
> or
> help('ljust')
>
> into IDLE's shell window I only get
> no Python documentation found ...
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks for a hint,
> Helmut.
>

Make sure you've imported string.  Then you can do:

 >>> help(string.rstrip)
Help on function rstrip in module string:

rstrip(s, chars=None)
    rstrip(s [,chars]) -> string
   
    Return a copy of the string s with trailing whitespace removed.
    If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead.


Jeremy Jones