python version

Alex Martelli aleax at aleax.it
Fri Sep 21 14:59:00 EDT 2001


Bob Roberts wrote:

> How can a python program find out what version of python it is running?

>>> import sys
>>> print sys.version
2.2a3 (#1, Sep 11 2001, 23:11:58)
[GCC 2.96 20000731 (Linux-Mandrake 8.0 2.96-0.48mdk)]
>>> print sys.version_info
(2, 2, 0, 'alpha', 3)
>>> print sys.hexversion
33685667
>>> print hex(sys.hexversion)
0x20200a3
>>>


Alex




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