Print help by default and add option to return it as a string

Author: docmarionum1

geosupport/function_info.py

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def list_functions():
     )
     return '\n'.join(s)
 
-def function_help(function):
+def function_help(function, return_as_string=False):
     function = FUNCTIONS[function]
 
     s = [
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ def function_help(function):
 
     s = "\n".join(s)
 
-    return s
+    if return_as_string:
+        return s
+    else:
+        print(s)
 
 def input_help():
     s = [

geosupport/geosupport.py

@@ -129,13 +129,18 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
     def __getitem__(self, name):
         return self.__getattr__(name)
 
-    def help(self, name=None):
+    def help(self, name=None, return_as_string=False):
         if name:
             if name.upper() == 'INPUT':
-                return input_help()
+                return_val = input_help()
             try:
-                return function_help(name)
+                return_val = function_help(name, return_as_string)
             except KeyError:
-                return "Function '%s' does not exist." % name
+                return_val = "Function '%s' does not exist." % name
         else:
-            return list_functions()
+            return_val = list_functions()
+
+        if return_as_string:
+            return return_val
+        elif return_val:
+            print(return_val)