[Baypiggies] history of import this

[Keith Dart]

=== On Thu, 06/10, akleider at sonic.net wrote: ===
> What syntax would one use to capture the string that gets printed
> when one
> >>> import this  
> ????

===

This also works:

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#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

from StringIO import StringIO

buf = StringIO()
sys.stdout = buf

import this

s = buf.getvalue()

sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__

print s

# The string 's' now has the text. 

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This method does not require a subprocess or knowledge of the this.py
internals. However, the first suggestion is probably best since the
source is easily inspected. :-)


-- Keith Dart

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Keith Dart
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python -m this
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