Docstrings

Question

It's a little bit confused me ---- Is docstring=multiline comment in Python3? And is docstring different than multiline comment only with it's calling function __doc__?

Answer 1

Docstrings are multiline comments included inside functions and modules, usually at the beginning of them, to provide information about their purposes/functionalities.

When executing the "help" command on a function, its docstring is shown for the developer to know what it does. Try using the interactive shell to call the "help" command on some functions to inspect their docstrings. 😁

Answer 2

I wrote a code snippet to better capture what I was talking about:

https://code.sololearn.com/cjmZy1hUsEow/?ref=app

Answer 3

I understand for myself this section of Python like this. Am I right?
comment(multiline comment (docstring))

Answer 4

Another name for docstring is multiline strings or comment