How to tailor output of help()

[Steve Holden]

Kyle wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm a graduate student in the physical sciences and still new to
> Python. I'm writing a module of often-used code and have included
> several math functions in my module via
> 
> from math import cos
> 
> and similarly for other functions. When I input help(mymodule) into
> the console, cos() and its docstring are listed in the output section
> for my module's functions. However, I only want functions that I have
> written to appear, not those that I imported. I know this is merely
> aesthetic, but is there a way to eliminate functions that I imported
> from the function list in the output from help()? Thanks,
> 
Try setting the __all__ variable in your module to a list of the names
you want your module to export.

regards
 Steve

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