all Python 3Windowsplatformfunction

platform.win32_ver()

specific operating systems

The Windows version as a (release, version, csd, ptype) tuple, e.g. ('11', '10.0.22631', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free'); empty strings on other OSes.

Syntax

release, version, csd, ptype = platform.win32_ver(release='', version='', csd='', ptype='')

You can call it anywhere: on Linux and macOS it does not fail but returns the defaults, four empty strings, so 'if platform.win32_ver()' is true everywhere, because a non-empty tuple is truthy. Check the first item or sys.platform == 'win32' instead.

Examples

import platform
ver = platform.win32_ver()
print(len(ver), bool(ver))  # → 4 True — кортеж истинен даже из пустых строк
print(ver)  # → ? на Windows ('11', '10.0.22631', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free'), иначе ('', '', '', '')

See also

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