NinoCode/Tool_Box/apihelper.py

## apihelper.py
## This program will take any object that has functions or methods (like a module, which has
## functions, or a list, which has methods) and pints out the functions and their doc strings.
## EBorges
## 5.6.03

def help(object, spacing=10, collapse=1):
    """Print methods and doc strings.
    Takes module, class, list, dictionary, or string."""
    methodList = [method for method in dir(object) if callable(getattr(object, method))]
    processFunc = collapse and (lambda s: " ".join(s.split())) or (lambda s: s)
    print "\n".join(["%s %s" %
                        (method.ljust(spacing),
                        processFunc(str(getattr(object, method).__doc__)))
                        for method in methodList])
if __name__ == "__main__":
    print help.__doc__
Revision:	8
Committed:	Sat May 5 04:21:19 2012 UTC (13 years, 10 months ago) by ninoborges
Content type:	text/x-python
File size:	802 byte(s)
Log Message:	Initial Import
#	User	Rev	Content
1	ninoborges	8	## apihelper.py
2			## This program will take any object that has functions or methods (like a module, which has
3			## functions, or a list, which has methods) and pints out the functions and their doc strings.
4			## EBorges
5			## 5.6.03
6
7			def help(object, spacing=10, collapse=1):
8			"""Print methods and doc strings.
9			Takes module, class, list, dictionary, or string."""
10			methodList = [method for method in dir(object) if callable(getattr(object, method))]
11			processFunc = collapse and (lambda s: " ".join(s.split())) or (lambda s: s)
12			print "\n".join(["%s %s" %
13			(method.ljust(spacing),
14			processFunc(str(getattr(object, method).__doc__)))
15			for method in methodList])
16			if __name__ == "__main__":
17			print help.__doc__