Python: How to do a program that can show specific part of its own code?

Question

I can do a program that read its own code using f=open(sys.argv[0]) and then parse it, but, exist a simple way to do something like this?

>>> def f(x): return x*x
...
>>> print(definition_of(f))
"def f(x): return x*x"

Thanks!

Hi! yes, this is a duplicate... I'm very sorry for that, i did a search with no result, but, i didn't with the correct words. Thanks! (no proble if a moderator delete it) — diego, Sep 20 '14 at 22:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '14 at 22:09

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Put the following into a script file:

#!/bin/python

import inspect

def f(x):
  return x * x

print inspect.getsource(f)

answered Sep 20 '14 at 22:09

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