documentation / reference help

[Emile van Sebille]

On 1/23/2011 10:41 AM Scott Meup said...
> I'm trying tolearn Python.  The documentation tells syntax, and other things
> about a command.  But for too many commands, it doesn't tell what it does.
> for instance, in VB the 'return' command tells the program what line to
> execute after some event (usually an error). In Python it appears to return
> a value.  Where does it return it to?  I couldn't find anywhere on the
> Python website to find out or to ask Python to upgrade their documentation.
> Can somebody please recommend a source.
>
>


If you've had any programming experience or can otherwise make sense of 
it, start with the tutorial at http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ 
otherwise there're good resource links at 
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide to get you started.

Emile