new to python

[Alan Gauld]

> "Suraj Subramanian" <ssubrama at rational.com> wrote in message
> > i am new to python and trying to access the help in python,when i do a
> > dir(modulename) it gives me a list of the function in the module,
> > how do i know what arguments do we need to pass to the function or
> what
> > does the function return ,can anybody help

If you use the newest versions of IDLE(0.5+) then 
when you type the opening paren it tells you in a 
tooltip what the parameters are...

eg:

import re
re.match(___________________
	|expression, string|
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HTH,

Alan G.
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