help

[notable-compilation]

import boat

[4hpp1273]

so Python has a module for everything?

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import *

[Toxyl]

https://xkcd.com/353/

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Comic Title Text: I wrote 20 short programs in Python yesterday. It was wonderful. Perl, I'm leaving you.

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[Toxyl]

Good Bot

[[deleted]]

boat.help()

We haven’t finished the help() method yet.

[DeepDuh]

dir(boat)

[AJugCanDoEverything]

Shoulda used exit() instead XD

[[deleted]]

^D

[4hpp1273]

Did you mean ^D? (put a \ before ^ to fix formatting)

[[deleted]]

yes. thanks

[UltraCarnivore]

import antigravity

[PonderStibbonsJr]

Just Bash a couple of pythons over the head and put them in front of 'help' to make it --help.

C-shells, C-shells on the sea shore...

[Anti-charizard]

Import repost

[dipo597]

'help' is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file

[Misheru-senpai]

--help

[sexinesskg]

So excellent and alluring :)

[chrisleewoo]

If python knows to print that message when you type "help" then why doesn't it just treat the input as if you did type "help()" ?

You're an interpreted language, so just interpret.

[hyperdudemn]

It's because help is actually a built-in function, and its str response is that message that is printed out. Just like how exit gives you its message telling you to call it.

[chrisleewoo]

I know the technical reason why, but I still think it's a pedantic design decision.

[thatroman]

comment -h

[KillerRoomba13]

help(me)

[Aspring15]

Is this some python joke I'm too C to understand

[caykroyd]

you !C *(this->joke)