From cb1f2420ea48c76f84a4542886b869da008423d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:23:26 +0000 Subject: Document complex() with string arg. --- Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index 5870978..f195740 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ class instances are callable if they have a \method{__call__()} method. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{complex}{real\optional{, imag}} - Create a complex number with the value \var{real} + \var{imag}*j. + Create a complex number with the value \var{real} + \var{imag}*j or + convert a string or number to a complex number. Each argument may be any numeric type (including complex). If \var{imag} is omitted, it defaults to zero and the function serves as a numeric conversion function like \function{int()}, - \function{long()} and \function{float()}. + \function{long()} and \function{float()}; in this case it also + accepts a string argument which should be a valid complex number. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{delattr}{object, name} -- cgit v0.12