`IPython.core.interactiveshell:InteractiveShell.find_user_code`

source: /IPython/core/interactiveshell.py :3959

Signature

   def     find_user_code (    self    ,    target    ,    raw    =  True   ,    py_only    =  False   ,    skip_encoding_cookie    =  True   ,    search_ns    =  False     )

Summary

Get a code string from history, file, url, or a string or macro.

Extended Summary

This is mainly used by magic functions.

Parameters

target : str

A string specifying code to retrieve. This will be tried respectively as: ranges of input history (see %history for syntax), url, corresponding .py file, filename, or an expression evaluating to a string or Macro in the user namespace.

If empty string is given, returns complete history of current session, without the last line.

raw : bool

If true (default), retrieve raw history. Has no effect on the other retrieval mechanisms.

py_only : bool (default False)

Only try to fetch python code, do not try alternative methods to decode file if unicode fails.

Returns

: A string of code.
: ValueError is raised if nothing is found, and TypeError if it evaluates
: to an object of another type. In each case, .args[0] is a printable
: message.

Aliases

IPython.InteractiveShell.find_user_code