Sometimes, we want to compare version numbers in Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to compare version numbers in Python.
How to compare version numbers in Python?
To compare version numbers in Python, we can use the version.parse method to parse the version string into an object and compare that.
For instance, we write
from packaging import version
greater = version.parse("2.3.1") < version.parse("10.1.2")
to call version.parse with the version string.
And then we use < compare the 2 version objects.
Conclusion
To compare version numbers in Python, we can use the version.parse method to parse the version string into an object and compare that.