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
#	Content
1	## 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__