Docstring - Python

DOCSTRING:

v   Docstring is short for documentation string.

v   It is a string that occurs as the first statement in a module, function, class, or method definition. We must write what a function/class does in the docstring.

v   Triple quotes are used while writing docstrings.

Syntax:

functionname__doc.__

Example:

def double(num):

"""Function to double the value"""

return 2*num

>>>     print(double.__doc__) Function to double the value