Creating Python Virtual Environments with Virtualenv

This function uses the virtualenv library to create a new Python virtual environment. If the specified directory already exists, it will not create a new one.

Technology Stack : virtualenv

Code Type : Python Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
import virtualenv

def create_virtualenv(directory):
    """
    Create a new virtual environment in the specified directory using the virtualenv module.
    
    Args:
        directory (str): The path to the directory where the virtual environment should be created.
    """
    # Check if the directory already exists
    if not os.path.exists(directory):
        # Create a new virtual environment
        virtualenv.create_environment(directory)
    else:
        print(f"Directory {directory} already exists. Skipping creation.")