To check which bit version the Python installation on your operating system supports, simply run the command “python” (without quotes) in your command line or PowerShell (Windows), terminal (Ubuntu, macOS), or shell (Linux). This will open the interactive Python mode. The first line provides information whether it’s a 32 bit or 64 bit version. Alternatively, … Read more
Open Terminal: On Windows, start Anaconda by searching for “Anaconda Prompt” and click the first result. On Linux and macOS, just open the terminal or shell. Then run either of the following commands, depending on what you want to do. Python Anaconda Version: To check your Python version in Anaconda, run python -V or python … Read more
What many coders using Jupyter notebooks do not know is that Jupyter notebooks provide you the exclamation mark operator that allows you to execute commands on the underlying operating system. In Jupyter notebooks, the exclamation mark ! executes commands from the underlying operating system. For example, to run the list directory command ls in your … Read more
To check the Python version in your Jupyter notebook, first import the python_version function with “from platform import python_version“. Then call the function python_version() that returns a string with the version number running in your Jupyter notebook such as “3.7.11”. You can try this yourself in our interactive Jupyter notebook: Check Version Information Using sys … Read more
To check the Python version in your shell, you can use the following alternatives (aliases): Terminal: The following commands can be used to check the Python version in your terminal. Note that the first and second are aliases whereas the third one provides more information about the built. python –version python -V python -VV Note … Read more
Problem If you run Python in your terminal or shell, you may have realized that there are two ways to do so: using the “python” command and using the “py” command. What’s the difference? Example Say, you want to check your Python version. You can run both commands and the output is different! Here’s using … Read more
Problem Formulation Assuming you have the Python package manager pip installed in your operating system (Windows, Linux, macOS). How to check the version of a package with pip? Method 1: pip show To check which version of a given package is installed, use the pip show <your_package> command. For example, to check the version of … Read more
Python’s shutil.which(cmd) function returns the path to the executable that would run if you called cmd in the command line. If there is no such executable, it returns None. The shutil module is part of the standard library, so you only need to add the statement “import shutil” to your program without needing to install … Read more
I love tweaking my coding workflow. Small improvements accumulate over time and can lead to a massive productivity increase. Today, I caught myself being annoyed that I always needed to spend three clicks or so just to open a Python file in IDLE, the default Python editor on Windows. Time to change that! Do you … Read more
Windows normally installs Python on one of the two locations: C:\Python39 C:\Users\YourUser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39 For me, it’s the latter. For you, it may be different—this article shows you how to check for yourself! 🙂 For your convenience, I’ve made a short gif that shows how I rushed through the code on my Windows machine: Before you start, … Read more
Introduction If you’re new to Python and have stumbled upon this question, then I invite you to read on as I discuss how to call a function from another file. You have most likely used some of Python’s built-in functions already like print() and len(). But what if you’ve defined your own function, saved it … Read more
You may have seen an import statement from . import your_module with the dot after the from keyword: What Does the Dot Mean? In Python, modules are defined in packages. If you want to import a certain module within a package that may be hierarchically structured, you need to specify the path of your module. … Read more