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diff --git a/Doc/library/pprint.rst b/Doc/library/pprint.rst index d1d1baeeab..9ab12eea1d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pprint.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pprint.rst @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - :mod:`pprint` --- Data pretty printer ===================================== @@ -7,6 +6,9 @@ .. moduleauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> .. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> +**Source code:** :source:`Lib/pprint.py` + +-------------- The :mod:`pprint` module provides a capability to "pretty-print" arbitrary Python data structures in a form which can be used as input to the interpreter. @@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ The :mod:`pprint` module defines one class: .. First the implementation class: -.. class:: PrettyPrinter(...) +.. class:: PrettyPrinter(indent=1, width=80, depth=None, stream=None) Construct a :class:`PrettyPrinter` instance. This constructor understands several keyword parameters. An output stream may be set using the *stream* @@ -62,21 +64,20 @@ The :mod:`pprint` module defines one class: >>> pp.pprint(tup) ('spam', ('eggs', ('lumberjack', ('knights', ('ni', ('dead', (...))))))) -The :class:`PrettyPrinter` class supports several derivative functions: -.. Now the derivative functions: +The :class:`PrettyPrinter` class supports several derivative functions: -.. function:: pformat(object[, indent[, width[, depth]]]) +.. function:: pformat(object, indent=1, width=80, depth=None) Return the formatted representation of *object* as a string. *indent*, *width* and *depth* will be passed to the :class:`PrettyPrinter` constructor as formatting parameters. -.. function:: pprint(object[, stream[, indent[, width[, depth]]]]) +.. function:: pprint(object, stream=None, indent=1, width=80, depth=None) Prints the formatted representation of *object* on *stream*, followed by a - newline. If *stream* is omitted, ``sys.stdout`` is used. This may be used + newline. If *stream* is ``None``, ``sys.stdout`` is used. This may be used in the interactive interpreter instead of the :func:`print` function for inspecting values (you can even reassign ``print = pprint.pprint`` for use within a scope). *indent*, *width* and *depth* will be passed to the @@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ are converted to strings. The default implementation uses the internals of the pprint Example -------------- -This example demonstrates several uses of the :func:`pprint` function and its parameters. +This example demonstrates several uses of the :func:`pprint` function and its +parameters. >>> import pprint >>> tup = ('spam', ('eggs', ('lumberjack', ('knights', ('ni', ('dead', |