help

Description

Invokes the built-in help system.

Syntax

help (object)

object

Optional. If no argument is given, the interactive help system starts on the interpreter console. If the argument is a string, then the string is looked up as the name of a module, function, class, method, keyword, or documentation topic, and a help page is printed on the console. If the argument is any other kind of object, a help page on the object is generated.

Return Value

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Time Complexity

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Example

>>> help()
Welcome to Python 2.7!  This is the online help utility.
…
>>> help(set)
Help on class set in module __builtin__:
class set(object)
…

See Also

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