from sys import version versionStr = "" for c in version: if c == " ": break else: versionStr = versionStr + c versionTuple = tuple(versionStr.split(".")) print(versionTuple) # GCC CLEANUP versionStr = "" startFlag = False for c in version: if startFlag: if c not in ["G", "C", "]"]: versionStr = versionStr + c elif c == "[": startFlag = True print(versionStr) versionTuple = tuple(versionStr.split()) print(versionTuple)