python: how to get information about a function?
function, methods, python
Solution
In python: `help(my_list.append)` for example, will give you the docstring of the function.
>>> my_list = []
>>> help(my_list.append)
Help on built-in function append:
append(...)
L.append(object) -- append object to end
Problem
When information about a type is needed you can use: ``` my_list = [] dir(my_list) ``` gets: ``` ['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort'] ``` or: ``` dir(my_list)[36:] ``` gets: ``` ['append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort'] ``` Now, in the documentation of Python information can be found about these functions, but I would like to get info about these functions in the terminal/command-line. How should this be done?