Find out if Code is Run in Notebook

[M-Colley]

Hey,

you have defined

def IsNotebook():
    try:
        shell = get_ipython().__class__.__name__
        if shell == 'ZMQInteractiveShell':
            return True   # Jupyter notebook or qtconsole
        elif shell == 'TerminalInteractiveShell':
            return False  # Terminal running IPython
        else:
            return False  # Other type (?)
    except NameError:
        return False      # Probably standard Python interpreter

However, when running PhySO in Google Colab, this returns false.

You could enhance the method such as:

def IsNotebook():
    try:
        if 'google.colab' in str(get_ipython()):
            return True   # Google Colab
        shell = get_ipython().__class__.__name__
        if shell == 'ZMQInteractiveShell':
            return True   # Jupyter notebook or qtconsole
        elif shell == 'TerminalInteractiveShell':
            return False  # Terminal running IPython
        else:
            return False  # Other type (?)
    except NameError:
        return False      # Probably standard Python interpreter

With this being new:

if 'google.colab' in str(get_ipython()):
            return True   # Google Colab

[WassimTenachi]

Thank you very much for this snippet of code !
If you want you to take credit you can contribute it yourself otherwise I will add it shortly !

Cheers.
Wassim