about help

[kucingkembar]

sorry for my bad English,
how to get to know all syntax or their explanation of a module or package,
for example:

import os

we know there is some syntax like

os.mkdir()

os.remove()

but how do I do if I like to know there is another syntax in the os package,
(except going to google of course)

thank you for reading, have a nice day

[DPaul]

Try:

>>>import os
>>>dir(os)

Paul

[buran]

Always, check the docs
https://docs.python.org/3/
In this case - the Library reference or module index
https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html
https://docs.python.org/3/py-modindex.html

[kucingkembar]

Try:

>>>import os
>>>dir(os)

Paul

thank you Paul, sorry for very basic, I have trouble the keyword in the google,
I will ad you a reputation point

[rob101]

The official docs are not a bad place to look:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.htm...#module-os

[kucingkembar]

Always, check the docs
https://docs.python.org/3/
In this case - the Library reference or module index
https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html
https://docs.python.org/3/py-modindex.html

thank you for the info buran,

[deanhystad]

Or you can ask for help

I wrote this file named test.py

def countdown(arg):
    """Does some stuff"""
    return arg**2

When I import and ask for help I get this

Output:
>>> import test
>>> help(test)
Help on module test:

NAME
    test

FUNCTIONS
    countdown(arg)
        Does some stuff

FILE
    ...\test.py

The help will be better, and much longer, for the standard libraries and built in modules.

[kucingkembar]

sorry for additional question,
i do this code:

import os
os.mkdir(

then a hintbox written:

Output:
(path, mode=511, *, dir_fd=None) 
Create a directory.

how to show this?

[deanhystad]

All the information is available. Your GUI sees you typed os.mkdir( and it goes to get os.mkdir.__text_signature__. help() uses that along with mkdir.__doc__.

Output:
>>> import os
>>> help(os.mkdir)
Help on built-in function mkdir in module nt:

mkdir(path, mode=511, *, dir_fd=None)
    Create a directory.

    If dir_fd is not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory,
      and path should be relative; path will then be relative to that directory.
    dir_fd may not be implemented on your platform.
      If it is unavailable, using it will raise a NotImplementedError.

    The mode argument is ignored on Windows.

>>> dir(os.mkdir)
['__call__', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__module__', '__name__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__qualname__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__self__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__text_signature__']
>>> os.mkdir.__doc__
'Create a directory.\n\nIf dir_fd is not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory,\n  and path should be relative; path will then be relative to that directory.\ndir_fd may not be implemented on your platform.\n  If it is unavailable, using it will raise a NotImplementedError.\n\nThe mode argument is ignored on Windows.'
>>> os.mkdir.__text_signature__
'($module, /, path, mode=511, *, dir_fd=None)'

[kucingkembar]

All the information is available. Your GUI sees you typed os.mkdir( and it goes to get os.mkdir.__text_signature__. help() uses that along with mkdir.__doc__.

Output:
>>> import os
>>> help(os.mkdir)
Help on built-in function mkdir in module nt:

mkdir(path, mode=511, *, dir_fd=None)
    Create a directory.

    If dir_fd is not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory,
      and path should be relative; path will then be relative to that directory.
    dir_fd may not be implemented on your platform.
      If it is unavailable, using it will raise a NotImplementedError.

    The mode argument is ignored on Windows.

>>> dir(os.mkdir)
['__call__', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__module__', '__name__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__qualname__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__self__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__text_signature__']
>>> os.mkdir.__doc__
'Create a directory.\n\nIf dir_fd is not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory,\n  and path should be relative; path will then be relative to that directory.\ndir_fd may not be implemented on your platform.\n  If it is unavailable, using it will raise a NotImplementedError.\n\nThe mode argument is ignored on Windows.'
>>> os.mkdir.__text_signature__
'($module, /, path, mode=511, *, dir_fd=None)'

that is what I looking for, thank you, I will add you reputation point