[Tutor] dir

[john public]

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I typed:

>>>dir(_builtins_)

in IDLE then hit return. I was expecting to get a list of the built in modules in python. As shown in chapter 8 on modules in learning Python. I got an error message stating that builtins were not defined. What did I do wrong?

John Q. Public



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<P>I typed:</P>
<P>&gt;&gt;&gt;dir(_builtins_)</P>
<P>in IDLE then hit return. I was expecting to get a list of the built in modules in python. As shown in chapter 8 on modules in learning Python. I got an error message stating that builtins were not defined. What did I do wrong?</P>
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