Version number comparison in Python

Question

I want to write a cmp-like function which compares two version numbers and returns -1, 0, or 1 based on their compared va

Answer 1

from distutils.version import StrictVersion
def version_compare(v1, v2, op=None):
    _map = {
        '<': [-1],
        'lt': [-1],
        '<=': [-1, 0],
        'le': [-1, 0],
        '>': [1],
        'gt': [1],
        '>=': [1, 0],
        'ge': [1, 0],
        '==': [0],
        'eq': [0],
        '!=': [-1, 1],
        'ne': [-1, 1],
        '<>': [-1, 1]
    }
    v1 = StrictVersion(v1)
    v2 = StrictVersion(v2)
    result = cmp(v1, v2)
    if op:
        assert op in _map.keys()
        return result in _map[op]
    return result

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