How to Capture What Is Written to stdout in Python

In this Python tutorial, you'll learn how to redirect what is written to stdout in Python. This can be helpful when dealing with functions like the built-in help function. First, we will have a look at the built-in help function and why it is a perfect candidate for the task at hand. Secondly, I'll show you how to redirect everything from stdout to a text file. Lastly, we will see how to capture what is written to stdout in a string variable, so we can do whatever we would like to do with the text. GitHub Repository https://github.com/DahlitzFlorian/capture-stdout-output-video-snippets SUBSCRIBE to become a Pythonista! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWLhIFVgFNexbE_T0e-X5vw?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/DahlitzF Check out my website for more! https://florian-dahlitz.de/become-a-pythonista ~~~~~~~~~~ OUTLINE ~~~~~~~~~~ 00:00 Introduction 00:14 Built-in help function 01:21 Send stdout to a file 03:19 Send stdout to stderr 03:54 Capture stdout in a variable #python