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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Shopping List Project

Posted by markspenser
markspenser
Courses Plus Student 256 Points

How search description about method, when I don't know class of it.

Suppose, someone tells you to use for some reason function Append(). But you do: help(append) dir(append)

Can't find anything. Problem is, you don't know to which class it belongs to.

Now what ? How find description about it ?

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

If all they information they gave you was "Look for append()", and you had no context to guess the class or module that it comes from, I'd say go to the docs and search there. You'd have a lot to filter through, though.

Most of time, I would imagine you would have context (e.g. "I'm having a problem adding things to a list." "Oh? Check out .append()". Now I'd know to look at list.append()) or you could get clarification from the person you're talking to/reading/etc.