# preview { #quartodoc.preview }

```python
preview(ast, max_depth=999, compact=False, as_string=False)
```

Print a friendly representation of a griffe object (e.g. function, docstring)

## Examples {.doc-section .doc-section-examples}

```python
>>> from quartodoc import get_object
>>> obj = get_object("quartodoc", "get_object")
```

```python
>>> preview(obj.docstring.parsed)
...
```

```python
>>> preview(obj)
...
```