python: how to get information about a function?

Question

When information about a type is needed you can use:

my_list = []
dir(my_list)

gets:

[\'__add__\', \'__class__\', \'__conta         


        

Answer 1

You can use pydoc.

Open your terminal and type python -m pydoc list.append

The advantage of pydoc over help() is that you do not have to import a module to look at its help text. For instance python -m pydoc random.randint.

Also you can start an HTTP server to interactively browse documentation by typing python -m pydoc -b (python 3)

For more information python -m pydoc