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Documentation¶

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Official Documentation¶

The official Python Language and Library documentation can be found here:

  • Python 2.x
  • Python 3.x

Read the Docs¶

Read the Docs is a popular community project that hosts documentation for open source software. It holds documentation for many Python modules, both popular and exotic.

Read the Docs

pydoc¶

pydoc is a utility that is installed when you install Python. It allows you to quickly retrieve and search for documentation from your shell. For example, if you needed a quick refresher on the time module, pulling up documentation would be as simple as:

$ pydoc time

The above command is essentially equivalent to opening the Python REPL and running:

>>> help(time)

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