version

Version number for MATLAB and libraries

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Syntax

version
version = version('-versionOption')
[version date] = version

Description

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version displays the version and release number for the currently runningMATLAB®.

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version = version('-versionOption') returns information for the specified option.

[version date] = version returns the version, release number, and release date. No input arguments are allowed in this syntax.

Examples

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Open Live Script
version
ans = 
'9.8.0.1302590 (R2020a)'
Open Live Script

Display the release, prefaced by descriptive text. 

['Release R' version('-release')]
ans = 
'Release R2020a'
Open Live Script
[v d] = version
v = 
'9.8.0.1302590 (R2020a)'

d = 
'January 29, 2020'
Open Live Script
version -java
ans = 
'Java 1.8.0_202-b08 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode'

Input Arguments

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Version option, specified as one of these values.

'-date'

Release date.

'-description'

Description of the version. Returns:

  • empty - general release

  • 'Update n' - update release n, where n is an integer

  • 'Prerelease' - prerelease

  • 'Prerelease n' - prerelease update n, where n is an integer

'-release'

Release number.

'-java'

Version of the Oracle® JVM™ software that MATLAB uses.

Output Arguments

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Version and release information, returned as a character vector.

Release date, returned as a character vector.

See Also

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Topics

Introduced before R2006a

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