code: def check_version(v, check):
      """check version string v >= check
  
      If dev/prerelease tags result in TypeError for string-number comparison,
      it is assumed that the dependency is satisfied.
      Users on dev branches are responsible for keeping their own packages up to date.
      """
      warn(
          "`check_version` function is deprecated as of IPython 8.0"
          "and will be removed in future versions.",
          DeprecationWarning,
          stacklevel=2,
      )
  
      from distutils.version import LooseVersion
  
      try:
          return LooseVersion(v) >= LooseVersion(check)
      except TypeError:
          return True
  
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: check_version(v, check) and returns: unknown, True