Detect if running in IDE

March 6, 2022 

Detect where Python code is running (e.g., in Spyder interpreter vs. IDLE vs. cmd) 

From < https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17728395/detect-where-python-code-is-running-e-g-in-spyder-interpreter-vs-idle-vs-cm > 

if 'SPYDER_ENCODING' in os.environ.keys(): 

Or in my case 'PYZO_PREFIX'

From < https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17728395/detect-where-python-code-is-running-e-g-in-spyder-interpreter-vs-idle-vs-cm >