How do I find the name of the conda environment in which my code is running?

Question

I\'m looking for a good way to figure out the name of the conda environment I\'m in from within running code or an interactive python instance.

The use-case is that

Answer 1

Since similar searches related to 'how do I determine my python environment' leads to this answer I thought I will also mention a way I find out which environment I am currently running my code from. I check the location of my pip binary which points to a location within the current environment. By looking at the output of the following command you can easily determine which environment you are in. (Please note that this solution is not applicable if you have inherited pip packages from your global environment/other environment)

In Windows command prompt:

where pip

If you are inside a Jupyter Notebook add an exclamation mark(!) before the command to execute the command in your host command prompt:

in[10]: !where pip

The output will look something like this:

C:\Users\YourUsername\.conda\envs\YourEnvironmentName\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts\pip.exe

YourEnvironmentName gives out the name of your current environment.

In Linux/Mac, you can use the which command instead of where: (Not tested).

For python3 environment

which pip3

From Jupyter notebook:

in[10]: !which pip3

This should directly point to the location within your current environment.