new to python

[Rikard Bosnjakovic]

Suraj Subramanian wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 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
> thanks

You could try to print the __doc__-string for the function:


>>> import string
>>> print string.join.__doc__
join(list [,sep]) -> string

    Return a string composed of the words in list, with
    intervening occurences of sep.  The default separator is a
    single space.

    (joinfields and join are synonymous)



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