# If you put a string at the beginning of a function, it is stored as part of the function and is called a docstring. # __doc__ is a function attribute. # The double underscores mean that this is a special attribute.
def square(x): 'Calculates the square of the number x.' return x*x
# The docstring may be accessed like this: print square.__doc__
help(square)
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