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Re: Function docstring as a local variable

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"Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> writes:

> On 10-Jul-11 13:44 PM, rantingrick wrote:
> > On Jul 10, 12:41 pm, Tim Johnson<t...@johnsons-web.com>  wrote:
> >> It possible for a function to print it's own docstring?
> >
> > def f():
> >     """docstring"""
> >     print "docstring"
>
> Try:
>
> def f():
>      ds= """docstring"""
>      print ds

The OP wants the function to print its own docstring, which your example
does not do. You've defined a function with an empty docstring.

    >>> def foo():
    ...     ds = "The Larch"
    ...     print ds
    ... 
    >>> foo.__doc__
    >>>

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Function docstring as a local variable Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-10 09:41 -0800
  Re: Function docstring as a local variable rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-10 10:44 -0700
    Re: Function docstring as a local variable "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2011-07-10 18:28 -0400
      Re: Function docstring as a local variable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-07-11 09:48 +1000
    Re: Function docstring as a local variable Corey Richardson <kb1pkl@aim.com> - 2011-07-10 19:00 -0400
      Re: Function docstring as a local variable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-11 11:54 +1000
      Re: Function docstring as a local variable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-07-10 21:05 -0700

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