Where is the usage of (list comprehension) documented?
Ben Finney
ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Sun Jan 14 20:41:54 EST 2018
Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> writes:
> > When you use square brackets, you're creating a generator, as in your
> > second example. Your first example is a slightly different beast
> > called a "generator expression". If you search for that in the docs or
> > on the web, you'll find what you want.
>
> Thanks. Can the documentation be found by `help()` in python?
The ‘help’ command is not intended to provide comprehensive user
documentation. Rather, it is intended primarily to provide a reminder of
syntax and purpose of specific API. It is not a replacement for having
the Python documentation available.
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