[Tutor] python workspace

[Emile van Sebille]

On 6/2/2009 8:54 AM roberto said...
> hello,
> i'd like to ask if there is anything in python which helps to see what
> variables have been defined and their type and their dimension etc;

In appropriate contexts, you may be able to use a variant of:

from pprint import pprint
pprint (locals())

HTH,

Emile


> 
> if any of you has ever used Matlab, i mean something really similar to
> its workspace, where all the user created variables are stored and
> constantly updated
> 
> thank you