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Help on built-in function round in module builtins:

round(number, ndigits=None)

  Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits.

  The return value is an integer if ndigits is omitted or None. Otherwise 
  the return value has the same type as the number. ndigits may be negative.

Komma åt en docstring

# Access information, including the docstring
print(help(round))

Help on built-in function round in module builtins:

round(number, ndigits=None)
    Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits.

    The return value is an integer if ndigits is omitted or None.  Otherwise
    the return value has the same type as the number.  ndigits may be negative.

None

Komma åt en docstring

# Access only the docstring
print(round

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# Access only the docstring
print(round.

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# Access only the docstring
print(round.__

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# Access only the docstring
print(round.__doc

Komma åt en docstring

# Access only the docstring
print(round.__doc__)

Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits.

The return value is an integer if ndigits is omitted or None.  Otherwise
the return value has the same type as the number.  ndigits may be negative.

.__doc__: attributet "dunder-doc"

Skapa en docstring

def average(values):

    # One-line docstring
    """Find the mean in a sequence of values and round to two decimal places."""

    average_value = sum(values) / len(values)
    rounded_average = round(average_value, 2)
    return rounded_average

Komma åt docstringen

# Access our docstring
print(average.__doc__)

Find the mean in a sequence of values and round to two decimal places.

Uppdatera en docstring

# Update a function's docstring
average.__doc__ = "Calculate the mean of values in a data structure, rounding the results to 2 digits."


print(help(average))

Help on function average in module __main__:

average(values)
    Calculate the mean of values in a data structure, rounding the results to 2 digits.

Flerrads-docstring

def average(values):
    """
    Find the mean in a sequence of values and round to two decimal places.






    """

    average_value = sum(values) / len(values)
    rounded_average = round(average_value, 2)
    return rounded_average

Flerrads-docstring

def average(values):
    """
    Find the mean in a sequence of values and round to two decimal places.

    Args:




    """

    average_value = sum(values) / len(values)
    rounded_average = round(average_value, 2)
    return rounded_average

Flerrads-docstring

def average(values):
    """
    Find the mean in a sequence of values and round to two decimal places.

    Args:
        values (list): A list of numeric values.



    """

    average_value = sum(values) / len(values)
    rounded_average = round(average_value, 2)
    return rounded_average

Flerrads-docstring

def average(values):
    """
    Find the mean in a sequence of values and round to two decimal places.

    Args:
        values (list): A list of numeric values.

    Returns:
        rounded_average (float): The mean of values, rounded to two decimal places.
    """

    average_value = sum(values) / len(values)
    rounded_average = round(average_value, 2)
    return rounded_average

Komma åt docstringen

# Help
print(help(average))

Help on function average in module __main__:

average(values)
    Find the mean in a sequence of values and round to two decimal places.

        Args:
            values (list): A list of numeric values.

        Returns:
            rounded_average (float): The mean of values, rounded to two decimal places.

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