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| Date | 2011-07-27 02:39 +0200 |
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| From | Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> |
| Subject | Re: @PyNoobs: The Fundamental Five Built-in Functions, and Beyond! |
| References | <d480e736-6b4a-42cf-85da-5563c016c711@q11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1517.1311727186.1164.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
Beyond! On 27/07/11 02:01, rantingrick wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > 1. help() > -------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------- > 2. dir() > -------------------------------------------------- Pro tip: the "IPython" enhanced Python shell makes these two even more amicable. > -------------------------------------------------- > 3. repr() > -------------------------------------------------- > http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/functions.html#repr > > Most new user think that printing an object to stdout is all they'll > ever need. Also handy: the "pprint" stdlib module to pretty-print complex structures. http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/pprint.html > -------------------------------------------------- > 5. id() > -------------------------------------------------- This reminds me of something I did last year. Some of you might recall. http://blog.jollybox.de/archives/62-python-swap (Word of warning: bad idea. Very, very bad idea. Still, potentially amusing. Kind of like blowing up a giant hydrogen-filled baloon.)
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@PyNoobs: The Fundamental Five Built-in Functions, and Beyond! rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 17:01 -0700
Re: @PyNoobs: The Fundamental Five Built-in Functions, and Beyond! Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-27 02:39 +0200
Re: @PyNoobs: The Fundamental Five Built-in Functions, and Beyond! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-27 12:22 +1000
Re: @PyNoobs: The Fundamental Five Built-in Functions, and Beyond! Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-26 22:53 -0400
Re: @PyNoobs: The Fundamental Five Built-in Functions, and Beyond! rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-28 14:34 -0700
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