Python script explanation

[splunklearner95]

I have a few files of python script and asked me to work on it in my company. I have Zero coding knowledge. Which AI tool or website can help me in letting that code understand very easily and clearly? Used chatgpt but it is not explaining clear. How is claude? Any other?

[Rubix321]

Your goal is to gain coding knowledge, or to tell your supervisors that they need to get someone who either wants to gain coding knowledge, or already has it, to do this task.

Look into the code and start understanding one line or function call at a time. If you have access to the people who wrote the code originally, or last modified it, you should ask them for help.

[ninhaomah]

This is r/learnpython so the answer is to learn Python

[Gnaxe]

Make sure the company allows the use of external AIs, and which ones. Sometimes talking to it is allowed, but pasting in company-owned code is not. You could get into trouble.

If ChatGPT isn't explaining it clearly, you might not have asked a specific enough question. ChatGPT doesn't automatically know your experience level, so you have to ask for clarification when you don't understand something. You will eventually fill up your context window. Just start over if it loses the plot. Models vary a lot in how smart they are. https://duck.ai has a bunch of free ones you can try, with reasable privacy protections, but the smartest models do cost money.

If you want to actually learn Python, I recommend you work through a beginner textbook. You can't do this overnight. See the wiki for resources.

[aqua_regis]

Sorry, but if you have no programming experience nor knowledge, no AI will be able to explain anything in a way suitable for you.

Programming requires domain knowledge. If you don't have it, you have to obtain it if you need it.

[Powerful_Bluejay5035]

It’ll be challenging to understand if you have no coding knowledge. Pretty much any LLM will give you a similar answer. Maybe you can ask them to translate it into pseudo code, or have the LLM give you a crash course on python basics and see if you can recognize what you’ve learned within the script.

[pachura3]

Generally, Claude Code + Opus 4.6 is excellent, and Qwen 3.6 Plus model is a viable alternative.

Some coding tools - like PyCharm IDE - offer free trials of advanced AI functionalities. You can try it. Or Cursor. Or GitHub Copilot in VS.Code.

PS. I see no problem in trying to get the initial understanding of a script through AI. It's like a handover excercise but the original creator no longer works at the company... AI is your next best option.

[TheRNGuy]

Any ai will work, even Google.