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alex
alex

Reputation:

Printing Python version in output

How can I print the version number of the current Python installation from my script?

Upvotes: 643

Views: 540774

Answers (10)

René
René

Reputation: 4827

In Jupyter Notebooks it can easily be done using 'cell magic':

%%bash
python --version

or

%%bash
python -V

Upvotes: 0

Zakariya
Zakariya

Reputation: 777

The simplest way:

python -V

or

python --version

Upvotes: 1

Atul Arvind
Atul Arvind

Reputation: 16733

You can retrieve the Python version using various methods, depending on your specific needs and context. Here are some different ways to print the Python version:

  1. Using the sys module: 
    import sys

print("Python version")
print(sys.version)
print("Version info.")
print(sys.version_info)
  2. Using the platform module: 
    import platform

print(platform.python_version())
  3. From the command line (Terminal or Command Prompt): 
    python --version
  4. Using the sysconfig module (for more detailed information): 
    import sysconfig

print(sysconfig.get_python_version())
  5. Using the platform module (detailed version information): 
    import platform

print(platform.python_build())
  6. In an interactive Python shell: 
    >>> import sys
>>> sys.version

These methods will provide you with different levels of detail about the Python version currently installed on your system.

Upvotes: 86

oskar
oskar

Reputation: 119

For the sake of having a one-liner :

print(__import__('sys').version)

Upvotes: 5

Dev Arora
Dev Arora

Reputation: 157

If you specifically want to output the python version from the program itself, you can also do this. Uses the simple python version printing method we know and love from the terminal but does it from the program itself:

import os

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.system('python -V') # can also use python --version

Upvotes: -3

Baris Ozensel
Baris Ozensel

Reputation: 463

If you would like to have tuple type of the version, you can use the following:

import platform
print(platform.python_version_tuple())

print(type(platform.python_version_tuple()))
# <class 'tuple'>

Upvotes: 0

Kriti Pawar
Kriti Pawar

Reputation: 860

If you are using jupyter notebook Try:

!python --version

If you are using terminal Try:

 python --version

Upvotes: 9

Thomas Owens
Thomas Owens

Reputation: 116161

Try

import sys
print(sys.version)

This prints the full version information string. If you only want the python version number, then Bastien Léonard's solution is the best. You might want to examine the full string and see if you need it or portions of it.

Upvotes: 818

Bastien L&#233;onard
Bastien L&#233;onard

Reputation: 61683

import platform
print(platform.python_version())

This prints something like

3.7.2

Upvotes: 279

GhostRyder
GhostRyder

Reputation: 539

import sys

expanded version 

sys.version_info  
sys.version_info(major=3, minor=2, micro=2, releaselevel='final', serial=0)

specific

maj_ver = sys.version_info.major  
repr(maj_ver) 
'3'

or 

print(sys.version_info.major)
'3'

or

version = ".".join(map(str, sys.version_info[:3]))
print(version)
'3.2.2'

Upvotes: 43

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