Printing Python version in output

Try

import sys
print(sys.version)

This prints the full version information string. If you only want the python version number, then Bastien Léonard's solution is the best. You might want to examine the full string and see if you need it or portions of it.

import platform
print(platform.python_version())

This prints something like

3.7.2

If you are using jupyter notebook Try:

!python --version

If you are using terminal Try:

 python --version

If you would like to have tuple type of the version, you can use the following:

import platform
print(platform.python_version_tuple())

print(type(platform.python_version_tuple()))
# <class 'tuple'>

If you specifically want to output the python version from the program itself, you can also do this. Uses the simple python version printing method we know and love from the terminal but does it from the program itself:

import os

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.system('python -V') # can also use python --version