[Numpy-discussion] ndarray newbie question

[Robert Kern]

Pierre GM wrote:

> I agree that this one is not really informative. A
>>>> a.__class__.__doc__?
> provides a  docstring interestingly truncated under ipython, but nothing 
> useful either.

"a.__class__?" is the command that you are after, not "a.__class__.__doc__?".
a.__class__.__doc__ is a string, so interrogating it with ? will tell you
information about strings rather than a.__class__ .

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
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