[Numpy-discussion] Equivalent to IDL's help function

[Nathaniel Smith]

The other answers tell you how to access Python's excellent quick reference
documentation, but from your examples I'm not sure if that's what you're
looking for? If you just want to know what value some variable has at the
interactive prompt, just type its name and hit enter. (This is a general
feature of the prompt: it shows you the value returned by whatever you
type, whether that be a single variable or a complex expression.)

Some other useful commands: dir(x), type(x)

-n
On 7 Oct 2013 18:17, "Siegfried Gonzi" <sgonzi at staffmail.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> What is the equivalent to IDL its help function, e.g.
>
> ==
> IDL> a = make_array(23,23,)
>
> IDL> help,a
>
> will result in:
>
> A               FLOAT     = Array[23, 23]
>
> or
>
> IDL> a = create_struct('idl',23)
>
> IDL> help,a
>
> gives:
>
> A               STRUCT    = -> <Anonymous> Array[1]
>
> ==
>
> I have been looking for it ever since using numpy. It would make my life
> so much easier.
>
>
> Thanks, Siegfried
>
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