How do I detect if Python is running as a 64-bit application?
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How do I determine if my python shell is executing in 32bit or 64bit mode?
I'm doing some work with the windows registry. Depending on whether you're running python as 32-bit or 64-bit, the key value will be different. How do I detect if Python is running as a 64-bit application as opposed to a 32-bit application?
Note: I'm not interested in detecting 32-bit/64-bit Windows - just the Python platform.
Answer
import platform
platform.architecture()
From the Python docs:
Queries the given executable (defaults to the Python interpreter binary) for various architecture information.
Returns a tuple (bits, linkage) which contain information about the bit architecture and the linkage format used for the executable. Both values are returned as strings.