Assign help() to a variable

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I want to assign a help() page to a variable as a string; for example

a = help("class")
print a

Is this possible and how would I go about doing it?

nymk · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-17 15:29:10Z

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You can retrive the documentation directly.

from pydoc_data import topics

a = topics.topics['class']
print a

answered Mar 17, 2013 at 15:29

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che2cbs · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-17 15:31:49Z

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import pydoc

a = pydoc.render_doc('class')
print a

answered Mar 17, 2013 at 15:31

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Longtomjr Over a year ago

This dont seem to work... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/media/Storage/Workspace/tmp/justsome.py", line 3, in <module> a = pydoc.render_doc('class') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 1507, in render_doc object, name = resolve(thing, forceload) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 1499, in resolve raise ImportError, 'no Python documentation found for %r' % thing ImportError: no Python documentation found for 'class'

che2cbs Over a year ago

Sorry, I took 'class' to mean a generic place holder. Not the actual help() topic 'class'. It does work for actual classes. Try it with 'pprint' or 'set'.

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