What is platform.version() in Python?
Overview
The platform module in Python provides functions that access the underlying platform’s (operating system) information.
The platform.version() method returns the underlying operating system’s release version. This method returns an empty string if it cannot determine the operating system’s version.
Method syntax
platform.version()
Parameters
This method has no parameters.
Return value
This method returns the underlying system’s version.
Example
import platformprint("platform.version() = %s" % (platform.version()))
Explanation
- Line 1: We import the
platformmodule. - Line 3: This is the operating system’s version on which the code is run. We use the
version()method to retrieve this version.