On 25 Mar 2005 07:34:38 -0800, "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a function for comparing version numbers? > E.g. > 0.1.0 < 0.1.2 > 1.876b < 1.876c > 3.2.2 < 3.4 How about a simple string comparison? Python 2.3.3 (#1, Mar 9 2004, 14:21:31) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1493)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> '0.1.0' < '0.1.2' True >>> '1.876b' < '1.876c' True >>> '3.2.2' < '3.4' True >>> Beyond that, there seems to be sufficient variation between version number schemes, and something "interesting" often happens immediately before the final version (e.g. "1.0rc4" becomes "1.0"), that you may have to know something more about where you particular version numbers come from. Regards, Dan -- Dan Sommers <http://www.tombstonezero.net/dan/> Îâ à Îâ à c = 1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
