Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'beginner': 0.05; 'newbie': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'subject:python': 0.11; 'library': 0.15; 'received:mac.com': 0.16; 'subject:search': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'received:10.0.1': 0.17; '(or': 0.18; 'statement': 0.23; 'this:': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:2**1': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'common': 0.26; 'functions.': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.28; 'searches': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'read,': 0.29; 'basic': 0.30; 'function': 0.30; 'url:python': 0.32; 'print': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'received:10.0': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'done': 0.34; 'received:17': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'next': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'wanted': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'far': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'easier': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'received:10': 0.38; 'list,': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; 'skip:n 10': 0.63; 'results': 0.65; 'friend': 0.81 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-09-04_06:2012-09-04, 2012-09-04, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1209040185 Subject: Re: python docs search for 'print' From: "William R. Wing (Bill Wing)" In-reply-to: <50464153.5090402@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:38:47 -0400 References: <50464153.5090402@gmail.com> To: David Hoese X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1486) Cc: python-list@python.org, "William R. Wing \(Bill Wing\)" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1346783937 news.xs4all.nl 6966 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53453 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:28417 On Sep 4, 2012, at 1:58 PM, David Hoese wrote: > 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 > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list +100 (or some very large number). This is a general problem in searching the python library reference ("keep this under your pillow"). Try searching for list, iter, read, or write or any one of a whole bunch of things a newbie would logically be looking for. (Or even a not-quite-newbie who wanted to check some detail.) -Bill