Download Module Docstring Python Example PNG. Instead of classes and class methods being documented, it's now the module and any functions examples.py: Python docstring are surrounded with a pair of triple double quotes (). The docstring for a function or method should summarize its behavior and document its arguments and return values.

This module demonstrates documentation as specified by the google python return np.nan.

Python docstrings are the string literals that appear right after the definition of a function, method, class, or module. Python documentation strings (or docstrings) provide a convenient way of associating documentation with python modules, functions, classes, and methods. Python docstring are surrounded with a pair of triple double quotes (). Python has a useful approach to code documentation called the docstring. All functions should have a docstring this allows the program to inspect these comments at run time, for instance as an interactive help system. Example numpy style python docstrings. Let us consider a python module called template (see bottom of the page). Example google style python docstrings.