`version`

Returns the version of the running MATLAB.

Category: Environment and Settings > Platform and License

Syntax

v = version

Version number with build, release name and update level.

v = version('-release')

Only the release, as a text like '2023b'.

[v, d] = version

Also returns the release date.

Description

The plain call returns something like '23.2.0.2409890 (R2023b) Update 3': the version number, the build and the release name. Use the options to get one piece at a time; for comparisons, verLessThan and isMATLABReleaseOlderThan are safer than parsing the text.

The version number of MATLAB R2023b is 23.2.

Input arguments

option: '-release', '-date' or '-java'.

Output arguments

v: Version text.
d: Release date as text.

Example

Version, release and date

version
version('-release')
[v, d] = version

Output

ans = '23.2.0.2409890 (R2023b) Update 3'
ans = '2023b'
v = '23.2.0.2409890 (R2023b) Update 3'
d = 'October 4, 2023'

Notes

version('-java') reports 'Java is not enabled', since MatLivre has no Java virtual machine.

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