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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Get filename using filefialog.askfilename
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 20:37:26 +0000 (UTC)
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In <ab1feb45-0397-4411-bab1-898c95f57b05@googlegroups.com> cheirasacan@gmail.com writes:

> print(file)

> the output is: <......name="file.doc"...mode=......encoding..........  >

> How can i get the second member of 'file'?

If you're using the interpreter, you can type this command:

    >>> help(file)

And it will display documentation for using objects of that type.
You can also use this command:

    >>> dir(file)

And it will display all the members and methods that the object provides.

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