From 3f945e3b830c5a7d50acd61c5aabf964f40f7f4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Wendell <pwendell@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:04:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make module help available in python shell.
Also, adds a line in doc explaining how to use.
---
docs/python-programming-guide.md | 1 +
python/pyspark/shell.py | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/python-programming-guide.md b/docs/python-programming-guide.md
index 94311bd102..4e84d23edf 100644
--- a/docs/python-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/python-programming-guide.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ The Python shell can be used explore data interactively and is a simple way to l
>>> words = sc.textFile("/usr/share/dict/words")
>>> words.filter(lambda w: w.startswith("spar")).take(5)
[u'spar', u'sparable', u'sparada', u'sparadrap', u'sparagrass']
+>>> help(pyspark) # Show all pyspark functions
{% endhighlight %}
By default, the `pyspark` shell creates SparkContext that runs jobs locally.
diff --git a/python/pyspark/shell.py b/python/pyspark/shell.py
index f6328c561f..54ff1bf8e7 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/shell.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/shell.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ An interactive shell.
This file is designed to be launched as a PYTHONSTARTUP script.
"""
import os
+import pyspark
from pyspark.context import SparkContext
--
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