Why is it different from the example on the tutorial?

Rick Johnson rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com
Sun Jul 6 12:02:22 EDT 2014


On Sunday, July 6, 2014 10:03:48 AM UTC-5, rxj... at gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks. I do not want to waste everyone's time. 

Oh NOW you tell us! I could be ranting about flashlights, 
but here i am wasting time with you again!

> For a jump start, there are small errors making me
> frustrating. Your help does help me, confirm the usage
> etc.

How about YOU confirm your OWN usage. I am confident the
help function works just fine, can you prove otherwise?
We're here to help not to write code for you like slaves.

Remember GIGO!

> After a basic familiarity, I do not want to post more. I
> use cygwin Python, I type help of an object 'result'. It
> does show up the help content, but it never quits the help
> afterwards. It is annoying, and time wasting.

Surely you have a simple Python command line available? Last
i heard GvR was giving them away for free! Can you open one
and try some interactive musings? 

If the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer, well, you know
the rest...







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