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Date Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:12:34 -0400
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On 04/09/2013 03:35 PM, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:10:29 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:47 AM,  <thomasancilleri@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ... I'm not sure what version I'm using ...
>>
>> Try putting these lines into a Python script:
>>
>> import sys
>> print(sys.version)
>>
> That works (of course), but in every Python version I've seen, one merely
> needs to invoke the python interactive interpreter and the banner is
> displayed:
>
> $ python
> Python 2.7.3 (default, Aug  9 2012, 17:23:57)
> [GCC 4.7.1 20120720 (Red Hat 4.7.1-5)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> quit()
> $
>

And if several are installed, that isn't necessarily the one that'll run 
when one runs a script.  Depends on how the script is invoked (and on 
what OS is running), and on the shebang line, PATH, etc.

The real point about those two lines is that they can be added to most 
scripts.

-- 
DaveA

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While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 06:32 -0700
  Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 06:57 -0700
    Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 13:12 -0400
      Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 10:18 -0700
        Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 03:23 +1000
        Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 13:30 -0400
  Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 06:58 -0700
    Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 00:05 +1000
      Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 08:47 -0700
        Re: While loop help Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-04-09 12:02 -0400
        Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 02:10 +1000
          Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 09:24 -0700
            Re: While loop help Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-04-09 12:36 -0400
            Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 02:47 +1000
              Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 09:57 -0700
                Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 03:08 +1000
                Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 13:27 -0400
              Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 09:57 -0700
          Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 09:24 -0700
          Re: While loop help Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> - 2013-04-09 19:35 +0000
            Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 16:12 -0400
              Re: While loop help Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> - 2013-04-09 20:59 +0000
                Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 08:36 +1000
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      Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 08:47 -0700
  Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 00:00 +1000
  Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 09:49 -0700
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