A common way to do it is (it is widely accepted): python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:3]'
Regards, Antonio On Wednesday 10 June 2009 12:25:22 John Machin wrote: > On Jun 10, 9:01 pm, dmitrey <dmitrey.kros...@scipy.org> wrote: > > hi all, > > what is easiest way to check python version (to obtain values like > > 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.0 etc) from Python env? > > I don't mean "python -V" from command prompt. > > > | >>> import sys > | >>> sys.version > | > | '2.6.2 (r262:71605, Apr 14 2009, 22:40:02) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > > (Intel)]' > > | >>> sys.version_info > | > | (2, 6, 2, 'final', 0) > > "easiest" depends on purpose; e.g. version for display or for logging > exactly what the customer is running. version_info (or a prefix of it) > is the best for things like conditional imports etc > > E.g. > py_version = sys.version_info[:2] > if py_version == (2, 3): > from sets import Set as set > > Cheers, > John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
