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Version number for MATLAB and libraries
version
v = version('-versionOption')
[v d] = version
example
version displays the version and release number for the currently running MATLAB®.
v = version('-versionOption') returns information for the specified option.
v
versionOption
[v d] = version returns the version, release number, and release date. No input arguments are allowed in this syntax.
d
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ans = '24.1.0.2508561 (R2024a)'
Display the release, prefaced by descriptive text.
['Release R' version('-release')]
ans = 'Release R2024a'
v = '24.1.0.2508561 (R2024a)'
d = 'January 23, 2024'
version -java
ans = 'Java 1.8.0_202-b08 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode'
'-date'
'-description'
'-release'
'-java'
Version option, specified as one of these values.
Description of the version. Returns:
empty - general release
'Update n' - update release n, where n is an integer
n
'Prerelease' - prerelease
'Prerelease n' - prerelease update n, where n is an integer
Version of the Oracle® JVM® software that MATLAB uses.
Version and release information, returned as a character vector.
Release date, returned as a character vector.
backgroundPool
ThreadPool
Introduced before R2006a
matlabRelease | isMATLABReleaseOlderThan | computer
matlabRelease
isMATLABReleaseOlderThan
computer
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