How to check the version of Python

Question

How do I check the version of Python interpreter running my script?

Answer 1

you can check the version of python interpreter from the sys.version string in the sys module.

It will provide the information as:

>>> print (sys.version)      
2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52) 
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)]