How to check the operating system name and version in Python?

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Aryan Kumar · Answer

Sure, here is how to check the OS name and version in Python:

Python

import platform

def get_os_name_and_version():
    """Gets the OS name and version."""
    os_name = platform.system()
    os_version = platform.release()
    return os_name, os_version

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os_name, os_version = get_os_name_and_version()
    print(f"OS name: {os_name}")
    print(f"OS version: {os_version}")

This code will first import the platform module. The platform module provides information about the operating system and hardware that the code is running on.

Next, the code will define a function called get_os_name_and_version(). This function will get the OS name and version and return them as a tuple.

The get_os_name_and_version() function uses the platform.system() and platform.release() methods to get the OS name and version. The platform.system() method returns the name of the operating system, and the platform.release() method returns the version of the operating system.

Finally, the code will call the get_os_name_and_version() function and print the OS name and version to the console.

Here is an example of the output of this code:

OS name: Windows
OS version: 10.0.19043.1237

This output shows that the computer is running Windows 10, version 20H2.

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