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A friend made me aware of this:
When a python beginner (2.x) quick searches for "print" on 
docs.python.org, the print function doesn't even come up in the top 20 
results.  The print statement isn't even listed as far as I can tell.  
Is there something that can be done about this to make it easier for 
beginners?

I understand that this is a very basic search and "print" is a very 
common word and a very basic python statement, but it's pretty difficult 
for a beginner to learn when the first 5 results are about the 
disassembler and the next 5 are C functions.

-Dave

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python docs search for 'print' David Hoese <dhoese@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 13:58 -0400
  Re: python docs search for 'print' Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-04 20:27 +0200
    Re: python docs search for 'print' Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-04 18:35 +0000
      Mailergate (was: python docs search for 'print') Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-05 20:42 +0200
  Re: python docs search for 'print' Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-04 18:28 +0000
    Re: python docs search for 'print' Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-04 23:44 +0000
      Re: python docs search for 'print' Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-09-05 11:40 +1000
  Re: python docs search for 'print' Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 20:22 -0700
    Re: python docs search for 'print' Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-05 00:05 -0400
      Re: python docs search for 'print' Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 22:22 -0700
        Re: python docs search for 'print' Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-05 05:33 -0400
          Re: python docs search for 'print' Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-05 05:45 -0700
            Re: python docs search for 'print' Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-05 15:03 -0400
              Re: python docs search for 'print' Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> - 2012-09-05 20:24 +0000
                Re: python docs search for 'print' Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-06 01:30 -0700
          Re: python docs search for 'print' Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-05 05:45 -0700
      Re: python docs search for 'print' Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 22:22 -0700
      Re: python docs search for 'print' Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-05 17:47 +0000
        Re: python docs search for 'print' Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-05 14:13 -0400
          Re: python docs search for 'print' Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-05 18:24 +0000
  Re: python docs search for 'print' Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 20:22 -0700

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